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
The product uses an algorithm or scheme that produces insufficient entropy, leaving patterns or clusters of values that are more likely to occur than others.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Kdeconnect | Ubuntu | plucky | * |
| Kdeconnect | Ubuntu | upstream | * |