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CVE-2022-25255

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-02-16 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In Qt 5.9.x through 5.15.x before 5.15.9 and 6.x before 6.2.4 on Linux and UNIX, QProcess could execute a binary from the current working directory when not found in the PATH.

Affected products

• Qt: from 5.9.0 before 5.15.9; from 6.0.0 before 6.2.4 — fixed in 5.15.9, 6.2.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Qt 5.15.9, 6.2.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/393113
• https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/394914
• https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/396020
• https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/5.15/qprocess5-15.diff
• https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/6.2/qprocess6-2.diff
• https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/393113
• https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/394914
• https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/396020
• https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/5.15/qprocess5-15.diff
• https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/6.2/qprocess6-2.diff

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