🛡️ CVE-2025-55174

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Changed — a successful attack reaches components beyond the vulnerable one.
• Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Integrity impact: None.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2025-55174 is classified as CWE-684: Incorrect Provision of Specified Functionality. The code does not function according to its published specifications, potentially leading to incorrect usage.

Affected software

CVE-2025-55174 is recorded against 1 package.

• unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 26 November 2025 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

github.com
invent.kde.org
kde.org

Other advisories for this package

unknown has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2022-4995 (9.8 Critical, published 7 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2022-4994 (published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-49900 (9.8 Critical, published 16 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-49899 (9.8 Critical, published 16 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-4989 (published 3 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-4990 (published 3 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-50973 (9.8 Critical, published 2 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-20572 (published 26 Jun 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-684: Incorrect Provision of Specified Functionality) in other software:

• CVE-2026-52735 (9.5 Critical, published 18 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-35381 (2.0 Low, published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-44597 (3.7 Low, published 7 May 2026)
• CVE-2026-40685 (6.5 Medium, published 30 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2026-40684 (5.9 Medium, published 30 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2026-42255 (7.2 High, published 26 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2026-35379 (2.0 Low, published 22 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2025-66384 (8.2 High, published 28 Nov 2025)

CVE-2025-55174 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

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