This is a patch release to fix security, performance, and build issues found in 1.8.0.
Full commit log can be found at jq-1.8.0...jq-1.8.1.
Security fixes
- CVE-2025-49014: Fix heap use after free in f_strftime, f_strflocaltime.
@wader 499c91b
- GHSA-f946-j5j2-4w5m: Fix stack overflow in node_min_byte_len of oniguruma.
@wader 5e159b3
CLI changes
- Fix assertion failure when syntax error happens at the end of the query. @itchyny #3350
Changes to existing functions
- Fix portability of strptime/1 especially for Windows. @itchyny #3342
Language changes
- Revert the change of reduce/foreach state variable in 1.8.0 (#3205).
This change was reverted due to serious performance regression. @itchyny #3349
Documentation changes
- Add LICENSE notice of NetBSD's strptime() to COPYING. @itchyny #3344
Build improvements
- Fix build on old Mac with old sed. @qianbinbin #3336
