CVE-2026-78253 Affecting qt6-base package, versions <6.11.2+dfsg-5


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-QT6BASE-20194801
  • published28 Sept 2026
  • disclosed23 Sept 2026

Introduced: 23 Sep 2026

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How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable qt6-base to version 6.11.2+dfsg-5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qt6-base package and not the qt6-base package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

Uncontrolled recursion in QXmlStreamReader::readElementText() in Qt Group Qt allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash via stack exhaustion) via a crafted XML document.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1