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TI-2023-19610 Aliases CVE-2023-38197GHSA-98w5-63h7-29q8

An issue was discovered in Qt before 5.15.15, 6.x before 6.2.10, and 6.3.x through 6.5.x…

Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-835Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 4 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-835.

Summary

An issue was discovered in Qt before 5.15.15, 6.x before 6.2.10, and 6.3.x through 6.5.x before 6.5.3. There are infinite loops in recursive entity expansion.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01284 70th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 2 advisoriesRed Hat: 4 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 5.15.15; 6.0.0 to before 6.2.10; 6.3.0 to before 6.5.3Vulnerableqt
  • cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 5.15.15; 6.0.0 to before 6.2.10; 6.3.0 to before 6.5.3 Vulnerable ·qt

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2023:6967 Released 2023-11-14 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    qt5-qtbase security update
    • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) qt5-qtbase-static-5.15.3-5.el8
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) qt5-qtbase-5.15.3-5.el8, qt5-qtbase-common-5.15.3-5.el8, qt5-qtbase-devel-5.15.3-5.el8 +6
  • RHSA-2023:6369 Released 2023-11-07 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    qt5 security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) qt5-devel-5.15.9-1.el9, qt5-qtbase-static-5.15.9-7.el9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) qt5-5.15.9-1.el9, qt5-qtbase-5.15.9-7.el9, qt5-qtbase-common-5.15.9-7.el9 +9

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2023:6967
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2023:6369
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2023:6967
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2023:6369
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-38197
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-98w5-63h7-29q8

References

Patch 1

Advisory 3

Other 2

  • TI-2024-23902 QAbstractOAuth in Qt Network Authorization in Qt before 5.15.17, 6.x before 6.2.13, 6.3.x… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-21359 Heap-based buffer overflow in Qt CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-19524 Integer overflow in Qt CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-18997 In Qt before 5.15.15, 6.x before 6.2.9, and 6.3.x through 6.5.x before 6.5.2, there can… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2021-09305 Integer Overflow vulnerability in qsvghandler.cpp in Qt qtsvg versions 5.15.1, 6.0.0… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
  • TI-2023-28356 An issue was discovered in the HTTP2 implementation in Qt before 5.15.17, 6.x before… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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