CVE-2017-18021 — It was discovered that QtPass before 1

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.

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-01-05T19:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-17T02:02:39.696Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/IJHack/QtPass/releases/tag/v1.2.1
• qtpass.org — https://qtpass.org/
• github.com — https://github.com/IJHack/QtPass/issues/338
• lists.zx2c4.com — https://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/password-store/2018-January/003165.html