# CVE-2026-19248: Unbounded recursion vulnerability in the QDomNode destructor of Qt XML impacts Qt

- 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/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-09-16 · Updated: 2026-09-16

## Affected

- qt: from 2.2.0, through 6.8.8; from 6.9.0, through 6.11.1

## Description

QDomDocument XML parsing is vulnerable to a remotely-triggerable denial-of-service crash when processing untrusted input.

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## References

- https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/740427

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