# CVE-2026-11573: Uncontrolled recursion in QDomDocument/QDomNode serialization causes stack exhaustion (QtXml)

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.8.2
- Published: 2026-09-08 · Updated: 2026-09-11

## Affected

- qt: from 2.2.0, fixed in 6.8.2

## Description

Uncontrolled recursion (CWE-674) in the QDomDocument/QDomNode serialization path of the Qt XML module (QtXml, qtbase). QDomElementPrivate::save() and QDomNodePrivate::save() recurse mutually, consuming one stack frame per level of element nesting with no depth limit, no configurable bound and no error return. A document with deeply nested elements parses successfully but exhausts the call stack and terminates the process when serialized. Reachable via QDomDocument::toByteArray() (Qt 4.0 and later), QDomDocument::toString(), QDomDocument::toCString(), QDomNode::save(), and operator<<(QTextStream&, const QDomNode&). Denial of service only — no code execution and no memory disclosure.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on qt, upgrade to a fixed version (6.8.2) per the references below.
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## References

- https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/606899

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