CVE-2025-66270
What it is
The KDE Connect protocol 8 before 2025-11-28 does not correlate device IDs across two packets. This affects KDE Connect before 25.12 on desktop, KDE Connect before 0.5.4 on iOS, KDE Connect before 1.34.4 on Android, GSConnect before 68, and Valent before 1.0.0.alpha.49.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited from the same network segment without logging in. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 4.7 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-290
- Record status
- Deferred
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 4.7
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Is it in your code?
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Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/GSConnect/gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect/commit/a38246deec0af50ae218cdc51db32cdd7eb145e3
- https://github.com/andyholmes/valent/commit/85f773124a67ed1add79e7465bb088ec667cccce
- https://invent.kde.org/network/kdeconnect-android/-/commit/675d2d24a1eb95d15d9e5bde2b7e2271d5ada6a9
- https://invent.kde.org/network/kdeconnect-ios/-/commit/6c003c22d04270cabc4b262d399c753d55cf9080
- https://invent.kde.org/network/kdeconnect-kde/-/commit/4e53bcdd5d4c28bd9fefd114b807ce35d7b3373e
References
- https://github.com/GSConnect/gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect/commit/a38246deec0af50ae218cdc51db32cdd7eb145e3
- https://github.com/andyholmes/valent/commit/85f773124a67ed1add79e7465bb088ec667cccce
- https://invent.kde.org/network/kdeconnect-android/-/commit/675d2d24a1eb95d15d9e5bde2b7e2271d5ada6a9
- https://invent.kde.org/network/kdeconnect-ios/-/commit/6c003c22d04270cabc4b262d399c753d55cf9080
- https://invent.kde.org/network/kdeconnect-kde/-/commit/4e53bcdd5d4c28bd9fefd114b807ce35d7b3373e
- https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20251128-1.txt