CVE-2025-66270 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2025-66270: 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.

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

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2025-66270 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect→ fixed in62-1+deb13u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect
```
kdeconnect→ fixed in25.04.2-1+deb13u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y kdeconnect
```

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