Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion') Affecting qt5-qtbase-private-devel package, versions <0:5.15.3-1.amzn2.0.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (33rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-QT5QTBASEPRIVATEDEVEL-20244813
  • published29 Sept 2026
  • disclosed8 Sept 2026

Introduced: 8 Sep 2026

CVE-2026-11573  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-776  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 qt5-qtbase-private-devel to version 0:5.15.3-1.amzn2.0.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2026-3951.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qt5-qtbase-private-devel package and not the qt5-qtbase-private-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

Uncontrolled recursion (CWE-674) in the QDomDocument/QDomNode serialization path of the Qt XML module (QtXml, qtbase). QDomElementPrivate::save() and QDomNodePrivate::save() recurse mutually, consuming one stack frame per level of element nesting with no depth limit, no configurable bound and no error return. A document with deeply nested elements parses successfully but exhausts the call stack and terminates the process when serialized. Reachable via QDomDocument::toByteArray() (Qt 4.0 and later), QDomDocument::toString(), QDomDocument::toCString(), QDomNode::save(), and operator<<(QTextStream&, const QDomNode&). Denial of service only — no code execution and no memory disclosure.

CVSS Base Scores

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