{ "document": { "aggregate_severity": { "text": "high" }, "category": "csaf_security_advisory", "csaf_version": "2.0", "distribution": { "tlp": { "label": "WHITE", "url": "https://www.first.org/tlp/" } }, "lang": "en", "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "JQ::Lite versions before 2.51 for Perl execute Perl code embedded in a query's regular expression by compiling it with string eval.\n\nThe pattern given to test(), match(), or the match and =~ conditions of select() is placed in a `qr'...'` literal and compiled as source text, so a `(?{ ... })` code block in it runs without `use re 'eval'`. Single quotes in the pattern are escaped, but a code block runs in place and needs none.\n\nAn attacker who supplies a query, or text that an application inserts into the pattern of one, can execute arbitrary Perl code in the calling process.", "title": "Vulnerability Description" } ], "publisher": { "category": "other", "contact_details": "gdt@cpan.org", "name": "giterlizzi", "namespace": "https://github.com/giterlizzi/" }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "CPANSA-JQ-Lite-2026-78497 JSON", "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giterlizzi/perl-CPANSA-CSAF/develop/csaf/white/2026/cpansa-jq-lite-2026-78497.json" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://github.com/kawamurashingo/JQ-Lite/commit/c461721ae3d5a90d6d94dbb234c1b8dfee5c1769.patch", "url": "https://github.com/kawamurashingo/JQ-Lite/commit/c461721ae3d5a90d6d94dbb234c1b8dfee5c1769.patch" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://metacpan.org/release/SHINGO/JQ-Lite-2.51/changes", "url": "https://metacpan.org/release/SHINGO/JQ-Lite-2.51/changes" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/18/3", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/18/3" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "CVE-2026-78497 (NVD)", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-78497" } ], "title": "JQ-Lite vulnerability", "tracking": { "current_release_date": "2026-10-18T00:00:00", "generator": { "engine": { "name": "CSAF Perl Toolkit", "version": "0.26" } }, "id": "CPANSA-JQ-Lite-2026-78497", "initial_release_date": "2026-10-18T00:00:00", "revision_history": [ { "date": "2026-10-18T00:00:00", "number": "1", "summary": "First release" } ], "status": "final", "version": "1" } }, "product_tree": { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "vers:cpan/<2.51", "product": { "name": "JQ-Lite less than 2.51", "product_id": "CSAFPID-0001", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:cpan/JQ-Lite" } } }, { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "vers:cpan/>=2.51", "product": { "name": "JQ-Lite greater than or equal 2.51", "product_id": "CSAFPID-0002", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:cpan/JQ-Lite" } } } ], "category": "product_name", "name": "JQ-Lite" } ] }, "vulnerabilities": [ { "cve": "CVE-2026-78497", "cwe": { "id": "CWE-95", "name": "Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code ('Eval Injection')" }, "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "JQ::Lite versions before 2.51 for Perl execute Perl code embedded in a query's regular expression by compiling it with string eval.\n\nThe pattern given to test(), match(), or the match and =~ conditions of select() is placed in a `qr'...'` literal and compiled as source text, so a `(?{ ... })` code block in it runs without `use re 'eval'`. Single quotes in the pattern are escaped, but a code block runs in place and needs none.\n\nAn attacker who supplies a query, or text that an application inserts into the pattern of one, can execute arbitrary Perl code in the calling process.", "title": "Vulnerability Description" } ], "product_status": { "fixed": [ "CSAFPID-0002" ], "known_affected": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ] }, "scores": [ { "cvss_v3": { "baseScore": 8.4, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "version": "3.1" }, "products": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ] } ] } ] }