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CVE-2026-8168

Denial-of-service vulnerability in the SVG parser and renderer impacts Qt

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 6.8.9, 6.11.2
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

Uncontrolled recursion in the SVG parser and renderer of the Qt SVG module (QtSvg) in Qt Group Qt allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash via stack exhaustion) via a crafted SVG file with deeply nested elements.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • qt qt

    From 4.1.0 · fixed in 6.8.9; From 6.9.0 · fixed in 6.11.2

References 11

wiki.qt.io

codereview.qt-project.org