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.
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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.
Title Out-of-bounds read vulnerability in NTLM authentication handling impacts Qt
First Time appeared Qt
Qt qt
Qt qtbase
Weaknesses CWE-125
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:qt:qtbase:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Qt
Qt qt
Qt qtbase
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Qt

Published: 2026-10-27T06:45:36.400Z

Updated: 2026-10-27T06:45:36.400Z

Reserved: 2026-10-06T07:24:45.304Z

Link: CVE-2026-105946

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-27T07:16:31.860

Modified: 2026-10-27T15:03:41.023

Link: CVE-2026-105946

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