CVE-2025-32898 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2025-32898: 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.

Affects 1 Linux release across 2 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2025-32898 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect→ fixed in62-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect
```
kdeconnect→ fixed in25.04.0-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y kdeconnect
```

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