CVE-2025-32898 (GCVE-0-2025-32898)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-05 00:00 – Updated: 2025-12-05 14:40
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
4.7 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-05 14:40 UTC
CWE
- CWE-331 - Insufficient Entropy
Assigner
References
2 references
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| KDE | KDE Connect verification-code protocol |
Affected:
0 , < 2025-04-18
(custom)
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