CVE-2025-14575
Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Qt Network OpenSSL TLS backend allows rogue CA certificate loading
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 0th percentile. No fix published yet.
What to do
No fixed build or workaround is published yet. Limit exposure and watch for a patch.
What it is
From the CVE record
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.
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
<0.1% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 0th percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
6 events over 71 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- Record updated
- OpenVAS check added
- Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped, record updated
Affected products
Technical detail
Weaknesses
ATT&CK techniques
Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.
- PersistenceT1574Hijack Execution Flowhigh confidence
Sources
References in the record
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