3.4

CVE-2025-69412: kde messagelib Improper Certificate Validation

CVSS: 3.4v3.1LowDeferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-69412DEBIAN-CVE-2025-69412
Published 31-12-2025Last modified 02-01-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-69412 is a low (CVSS 3.4) Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in kde messagelib. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
14/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
3.4/10
010
Low · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.22%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 31-12-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 02-01-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

KDE messagelib before 25.11.90 ignores SSL errors for threatMatches:find in the Google Safe Browsing Lookup API (aka phishing API), which might allow spoofing of threat data. NOTE: this Lookup API is not contacted in the messagelib default configuration.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

11%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.22% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.22%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
  • kf5-messagelibAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • messagelibAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4:25.08.3-3
Ubuntu2 products
  • kf5-messagelibAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • messagelibAll versions (No fix recorded)
Kde1 product

3 vendors · 5 products

References

7 links