CVE-2020-26164

high
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
8.0

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-26164

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202010-7

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed20.08.2-1
debian debianbookwormfixed20.08.2-1
debian debianbullseyefixed20.08.2-1
debian debianforkyfixed20.08.2-1
debian debiansidfixed20.08.2-1
debian debiantrixiefixed20.08.2-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.