# CVE-2026-101201: QBinaryJson::fromBinaryData() integer overflow leading to OOB read


- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/R:U/RE:L/U:Amber`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 20 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 20 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2026-101201, ECHO-92b8-8985-2213, GHSA-7cv7-2mxj-57c6, OESA-2026-4484, OESA-2026-4485, OESA-2026-4486, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-101201

## What is CVE-2026-101201?

CVE-2026-101201 is a medium-severity vulnerability in qt, published on 20 Oct 2026. 

### Official description

A malformed header in the binary file fed to QBinaryJson::fromBinaryData() can cause undefined behaviour because of out-of-bounds read.

Weakness: CWE-190 (Integer Overflow or Wraparound), CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-101201?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-101201?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2026-101201 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-101201 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-101201 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-101201 is a medium-severity vulnerability in qt, published on 20 Oct 2026. 
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-101201 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: qt. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-101201/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-101201/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-101201
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-101201
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-101201

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-101201/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.