# CVE-2026-30873: OpenWrt Project jsonpath: Memory leak when processing strings, labels, and regexp tokens

- Severity: CVSS 2.4 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 25.12.1, 24.10.6
- Published: 2026-03-19 · Updated: 2026-03-21

## Affected

- openwrt: from 25.12.0-rc1, fixed in 25.12.1; fixed in 24.10.6

## Description

OpenWrt Project is a Linux operating system targeting embedded devices. In versions prior to both 24.10.6 and 25.12.1, the jp_get_token function, which performs lexical analysis by breaking input expressions into tokens, contains a memory leak vulnerability when extracting string literals, field labels, and regular expressions using dynamic memory allocation. These extracted results are stored in a jp_opcode struct, which is later copied to a newly allocated jp_opcode object via jp_alloc_op. During this transfer, if a string was previously extracted and stored in the initial jp_opcode, it is copied to the new allocation but the original memory is never freed, resulting in a memory leak. This issue has been fixed in versions 24.10.6 and 25.12.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on openwrt, upgrade to a fixed version (25.12.1, 24.10.6) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/security/advisories/GHSA-rcc6-v4r6-gj4m
- https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/releases/tag/v24.10.6
- https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/releases/tag/v25.12.1

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