Qt5-Qtbase Security Update — AlmaLinux 8 (ALSA-2026:98103)
ALSA-2026:98103 updates qt: on AlmaLinux 8, resolving 1 CVEs — qt: Denial of Service via crafted XML parsing in QXmlStreamReader (CVE-2026-16762). Apply the errata with dnf; service restarts where the component runs as one.
What this means under a SharedLicense license
qt: on AlmaLinux 8 is the exposure surface; the advisory's own severity data tops out at CVSS .
Type:
security
Severity:
important
Release date:
2026-11-11
Description:
Qt is a software toolkit for developing applications. The qt5-base packages contain base tools for string, xml, and network handling in Qt.
Security Fix(es):
* qt: qt: Denial of Service via crafted XML parsing in QXmlStreamReader (CVE-2026-16762)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
References:
Updated packages listed below:
| Architecture | Package | Checksum |
| noarch | qt5-qtbase-common-5.15.3-11.el8_10.noarch.rpm | 5dee470c1e1c106f10de21720ea89374fcca2be3f29048b640b426f59701b462 |
Notes:
This page is generated automatically from Red Hat security data and has not been checked for errors. For clarification or corrections please contact the AlmaLinux Packaging Team.
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