---
id: CVE-2025-32898
title: >-
  The KDE Connect verification-code protocol before 2025-04-18 uses only 8
  characters and therefore allows brute-force attacks
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 …
severity: medium
cvss: 4.7
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-331
published: '2025-12-05'
updated: '2026-09-25'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-25T23:10:00.463'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-32898'
references:
  - url: 'https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20250418-3.txt'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'https://kdeconnect.kde.org'
    label: cve@mitre.org
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00148
epssPercentile: 0.0334
ingestedAt: '2026-09-25T23:21:16.886Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.