CVE-2025-14575

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.

CVSS 4.0

1.8CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS

0.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 0% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-427

Published

2026-05-19

Modified

2026-10-14

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

• https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/642967

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