CVE-2025-32898 Weak cryptography in KDE Connect verification-code protocol
Weak verification codes in KDE Connect allow brute-force attacks, potentially leading to unauthorized device pairing and account takeover.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-32898?
CVE-2025-32898 is a medium-severity vulnerability in KDE Connect verification-code protocol, published on 5 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
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.
Weakness: CWE-331
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-32898?
How do I fix CVE-2025-32898?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2025-32898 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-32898 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-32898, GHSA-r3v4-hrwm-cxm5, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-32898.