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Vulnerability · Published Dec 5, 2025 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2025-32898

Medium 4.7

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in KDE Connect verification-code protocol from KDE. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 5% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.7Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 95.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The KDE Connect verification-code protocol before 2025-04-18 uses only 8 characters and therefore allows brute-force attacks. This affects KDE Connect before 1.33.0 on Android, KDE Connect before 25.04 on desktop, KDE Connect before 0.5 on iOS, Valent before 1.0.0.alpha.47, and GSConnect before 59.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12gnome-shell-extension-gsconnectno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2025-32898
Debian:13gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect62-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-32898
Debian:14gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect62-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-32898
Debian:12kdeconnectno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2025-32898
Debian:13kdeconnect25.04.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-32898
Debian:14kdeconnect25.04.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-32898
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSgnome-shell-extension-gsconnectno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-32898
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSgnome-shell-extension-gsconnectno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-32898
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSkdeconnectno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-32898
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSkdeconnectno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-32898
Ubuntu:25.10kdeconnectno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-32898
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSkdeconnectno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-32898

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
KDE KDE Connect verification-code protocol 0 – before 2025-04-18

Weakness: CWE-331 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References