CVE-2025-14575Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Qt Network OpenSSL TLS backend allows rogue CA certificate loading
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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
- 1.8 LOW (v4.0, CNA)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
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-427
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- TQtC
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Jul 29, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
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