Predictable Seed in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) in Qt - CVE-2024-36048
Published: May 28, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU89843
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-36048
CWE-ID: CWE-337
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Trolltech
Affected software:
Qt
Qt
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication.
The vulnerability exists due to QAbstractOAuth in Qt Network Authorization uses only time to seed the PRNG. A remote attacker can guess authorization tokens and bypass authentication.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-36048
Install updates from vendor's website.