CVE-2026-105946
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
Out-of-bounds read in the QAuthenticator NTLM authentication handling in the Qt Network module in Qt Group Qt allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (heap memory contents) or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted NTLM challenge sent by a malicious server or proxy, when an application using QNetworkAccessManager or QTcpSocket authenticates with NTLM.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.3
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Awaiting Analysis
Source identifier
a59d8014-47c4-4630-ab43-e1b13cbe58e3
Published
2026-10-27 07:16:31.860000
Last modified
2026-10-27 15:03:41.023000
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"published": "2026-10-27T07:16:31.860",
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"Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
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"valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
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