An attacker able to supply a crafted XML document to an application using QXmlStreamReader can cause disproportionate CPU consumption during parsing, making the application unresponsive (denial of service). Exploitation requires only that the application parse attacker-influenced XML; no authentication, privileges, or user interaction beyond ingesting the input are needed. There is no loss of confidentiality or integrity — no data disclosure, data modification, or code execution — and the impact is contained to the affected process.
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description An attacker able to supply a crafted XML document to an application using QXmlStreamReader can cause disproportionate CPU consumption during parsing, making the application unresponsive (denial of service). Exploitation requires only that the application parse attacker-influenced XML; no authentication, privileges, or user interaction beyond ingesting the input are needed. There is no loss of confidentiality or integrity — no data disclosure, data modification, or code execution — and the impact is contained to the affected process.
Title Denial-of-service vulnerability in the Qt Core QXmlStream parser (QXmlStreamReader) impacts Qt
First Time appeared Qt
Qt qt
Qt qtbase
Weaknesses CWE-407
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': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/S:P/AU:Y/R:A/RE:L'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Qt

Published: 2026-10-23T08:58:40.028Z

Updated: 2026-10-23T10:56:05.830Z

Reserved: 2026-07-23T14:05:09.271Z

Link: CVE-2026-16762

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-23T10:50:31.361Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-23T09:17:06.647

Modified: 2026-10-23T19:45:03.547

Link: CVE-2026-16762

cve-icon Redhat

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