Add runtime type checks to f_string_indexes

This fixes CVE-2026-39956.

src/builtin.c

@@ -1306,6 +1306,14 @@ static jv f_string_explode(jq_state *jq, jv a) {
 }
 
 static jv f_string_indexes(jq_state *jq, jv a, jv b) {
+  if (jv_get_kind(a) != JV_KIND_STRING) {
+    jv_free(b);
+    return type_error(a, "cannot be searched, as it is not a string");
+  }
+  if (jv_get_kind(b) != JV_KIND_STRING) {
+    jv_free(a);
+    return type_error(b, "is not a string");
+  }
   return jv_string_indexes(a, b);
 }
 

tests/jq.test

@@ -1549,6 +1549,15 @@ split("")
 "xababababax"
 [1,7,[1,3,5,7]]
 
+# _strindices is used by indices/1 but is callable
+try _strindices("abc") catch .
+123
+"number (123) cannot be searched, as it is not a string"
+
+try _strindices(123) catch .
+"abc"
+"number (123) is not a string"
+
 # trim
 # \u000b is vertical tab (\v not supported by json)
 map(trim), map(ltrim), map(rtrim)