What is CVE-2020-0570?

CVE-2020-0570 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qt, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2020-09-14.

How severe is CVE-2020-0570?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Qt

CVE-2020-0570

Uncontrolled search path in the QT Library before 5.14.0, 5.12.7 and 5.9.10 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable elevation of privilege via local access.

Published 2020-09-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (44.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 44.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Qt
Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0
Qt Library — versions Fixed in qt 5.14.0, qt 5.12.7, qt 5.9.10

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-81272 (Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/development/2020-January/038534.html (Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-0570?: CVE-2020-0570 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qt, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2020-09-14.
How severe is CVE-2020-0570?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.