Vulnerability · Published May 19, 2026 · Assigned by TQtC

CVE-2025-14575Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Qt Network OpenSSL TLS backend allows rogue CA certificate loading

Low 1.8

In plain English

A low-severity uncontrolled search path in Qt from Qt. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 0% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)1.8Low
Exploit odds (30 days)<0.1%top 99.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSqt6-baseno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-14575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSqt6-baseno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-14575
Ubuntu:25.10qt6-baseno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-14575
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSqt6-baseno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-14575
Ubuntu:26.10qt6-baseno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-14575
Ubuntu:25.10qtbase-opensource-srcno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-14575
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSqtbase-opensource-srcno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-14575
Ubuntu:26.10qtbase-opensource-srcno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-14575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSqtbase-opensource-src-glesno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-14575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSqtbase-opensource-src-glesno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-14575
Ubuntu:25.10qtbase-opensource-src-glesno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-14575
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSqtbase-opensource-src-glesno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-14575
Ubuntu:26.10qtbase-opensource-src-glesno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-14575

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Qt Qt 5.0.0 – through 5.15.196.0.0 – through 6.5.96.6.0 – through 6.8.36.9.0 – through 6.9.1

Weakness: CWE-427 · Vector: 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

References