CVE-2026-33583 (GCVE-0-2026-33583)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-13 18:19 – Updated: 2026-05-13 18:57
VLAI?
Title
Arqit SKA-Platform Vulnerable to Key Exposure
Summary
Exposure of the QKEY (used as input into the ‘OTA-Quantum’ device registration process) and internal system keys via an unauthenticated and unencrypted HTTP GET method in the Arqit Symmetric Key Agreement Platform. This issue affects Symmetric Key Agreement Platform: before 26.03.
Severity ?
8.7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-749 - Exposed dangerous method or function
Assigner
References
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Vendor Product Version
Arqit Symmetric Key Agreement Platform Affected: 0 , < 26.03 (semver)
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