CVE-2026-16762 - Denial-of-service vulnerability in the Qt Core QXmlStream parser (QXmlStreamReader) impacts Qt

CVE-2026-16762 - Denial-of-service vulnerability in the Qt Core QXmlStream parser (QXmlStreamReader) impacts Qt

https://cvefeed.io/rssfeed/latest.atom / Fri, 10/23/2026 - 14:11
CVE ID :CVE-2026-16762
Published : Oct. 23, 2026, 9:17 a.m. | 1 hour, 4 minutes ago
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.
Severity: 8.7 | HIGH
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