Resource Exhaustion Affecting kdeconnect package, versions <20.08.2-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.55% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE322-KDECONNECT-10280490
  • published31 May 2025
  • disclosed7 Oct 2020

Introduced: 7 Oct 2020

CVE-2020-26164  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.22 kdeconnect to version 20.08.2-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kdeconnect package and not the kdeconnect package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.22 relevant fixed versions and status.

In kdeconnect-kde (aka KDE Connect) before 20.08.2, an attacker on the local network could send crafted packets that trigger use of large amounts of CPU, memory, or network connection slots, aka a Denial of Service attack.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1