CVE-2025-14575

LOW

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

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Patch patch
Gerrit: QSslCertificate::fromPath — reject empty path strings (Qt 6.9.2+)
https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/642967

Scores

CVSS v4 1.8
EPSS 0.0008
EPSS Percentile 0.3%
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-427
Status published
Products (4)
The Qt Company/Qt 5.0.0 - 5.15.19
The Qt Company/Qt 6.0.0 - 6.5.9
The Qt Company/Qt 6.6.0 - 6.8.3
The Qt Company/Qt 6.9.0 - 6.9.1
Published May 19, 2026
Tracked Since May 19, 2026