CVE-2025-32898: kde kde connect verification-code protocol Insufficient Entropy
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-32898 is a medium (CVSS 4.7) Insufficient Entropy vulnerability in kde kde connect verification-code protocol. EPSS estimates a 0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 05-12-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-12-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated4.7MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated4.7MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVDNIST4.7MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.15%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
4%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.15% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian2 products
- gnome-shell-extension-gsconnectAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 62-1
- kdeconnectAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 25.04.0-1
Ubuntu2 products
- gnome-shell-extension-gsconnectAll versions (No fix recorded)
- kdeconnectAll versions (No fix recorded)
Kde1 product
- kde connect verification-code protocol< 2025-04-18
3 vendors · 5 products