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TI-2025-13316 Aliases CVE-2025-14575GHSA-f8w9-p7h4-f9jm

Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Qt Network OpenSSL TLS backend allows rogue CA certificate loading

Priority LOW 9CWE-427Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-427.

Summary

An Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in the OpenSSL TLS backend of Qt Network (qtbase) in Qt Qt Framework (Unix) allows a local attacker to load a rogue CA certificate as a trusted system authority via a crafted certificate file placed in the application's working directory.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00092 0th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
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
qtQt5.0.0 – 5.15.19; 6.0.0 – 6.5.9; 6.6.0 – 6.8.3; 6.9.0 – 6.9.1—No fix listedCNA
  • Qt Vendorqt Affected 5.0.0 – 5.15.19; 6.0.0 – 6.5.9; 6.6.0 – 6.8.3; 6.9.0 – 6.9.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-14575
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f8w9-p7h4-f9jm

References

Patch 1

  • 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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