FKIE_CVE-2017-18021

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-01-05 19:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:12
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/IJHack/QtPass/issues/338Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/IJHack/QtPass/releases/tag/v1.2.1Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/password-store/2018-January/003165.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://qtpass.org/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/IJHack/QtPass/issues/338Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/IJHack/QtPass/releases/tag/v1.2.1Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/password-store/2018-January/003165.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://qtpass.org/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
qtpass qtpass *
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  "id": "CVE-2017-18021",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T01:12:03.357",
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