CVE-2026-43895

medium Red Hat
CVSS v3 Base Score
4.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score
0.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 94% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Published: May 11, 2026 (59 days ago)
Last Modified: May 11, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Source: REDHAT

Description

A flaw was found in jq, a command line JSON processor. Embedded NUL bytes in import paths are truncated during module and data-file lookup, creating a mismatch between the intended import string and the actual file path opened. This issue allows an attacker who can supply a crafted script to access unintended files.

CWE

CWE-20

Affected Products

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2Red Hat Ceph Storage 4Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat Hardened ImagesRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

References

🔗 bugzilla.redhat.com 🔗 www.cve.org 🔗 nvd.nist.gov 🔗 github.com