CVE-2025-14575 (GCVE-0-2025-14575)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-19 13:01 – Updated: 2026-05-19 14:11
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Title
Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Qt Network OpenSSL TLS backend allows rogue CA certificate loading
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.
Severity
1.8 (Low)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
The Qt Company Qt Affected: 5.0.0 , ≤ 5.15.19 (python)
Affected: 6.0.0 , ≤ 6.5.9 (python)
Affected: 6.6.0 , ≤ 6.8.3 (python)
Affected: 6.9.0 , ≤ 6.9.1 (python)
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2025-05-12 00:00
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