CVE-2025-5991

Summary

There is a "Use After Free" vulnerability in Qt's QHttp2ProtocolHandler in the QtNetwork module. This only affects HTTP/2 handling, HTTP handling is not affected by this at all. This happens due to a race condition between how QHttp2Stream uploads the body of a POST request and the simultaneous handling of HTTP error responses.

This issue only affects Qt 6.9.0 and has been fixed for Qt 6.9.1.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
The Qt CompanyQt0 < 6.9.0unaffected
The Qt CompanyQt6.9.0affected
The Qt CompanyQt6.9.1unaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-416: CWE-416 Use After Free

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References