Critical
Security advisory
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.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2017-18021
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 12:13 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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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