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Security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-18021

It was discovered that QtPass before 1.2.1, when using the built-in password generator, generates possibly predictable and enumerable passwords. This only applies to the QtPass GUI.

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CVEs
CVE-2017-18021
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Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 12:13 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2017-18021

core-osv · Original source

Published 5 Jan 2018, 19:29 UTC

It was discovered that QtPass before 1.2.1, when using the built-in password generator, generates possibly predictable and enumerable passwords. This only applies to the QtPass GUI.

osv:CVE-2017-18021
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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