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CVE-2024-36041· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

KSmserver in KDE Plasma Workspace (aka plasma-workspace) before 5.27.11.1 and 6.x before 6.0.5.1 allows connections via ICE based purely on

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 31/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.29% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: plasma-workspace (Debian:10) 4:5.14.5.1-1+deb10u1; plasma-workspace (Debian:11) 4:5.20.5-6+deb11u1; plasma-workspace (Debian:12) 4:5.27.5-2+deb12u2.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to plasma-workspace (Debian:10) 4:5.14.5.1-1+deb10u1; plasma-workspace (Debian:11) 4:5.20.5-6+deb11u1; plasma-workspace (Debian:12) 4:5.27.5-2+deb12u2 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

KSmserver in KDE Plasma Workspace (aka plasma-workspace) before 5.27.11.1 and 6.x before 6.0.5.1 allows connections via ICE based purely on the host, i.e., all local connections are accepted. This allows another user on the same machine to gain access to the session manager, e.g., use the session-restore feature to execute arbitrary code as the victim (on the next boot) via earlier use of the /tmp directory.

HighCVSS 7.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jul 4, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 20th percentile

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Action score

31

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
kdeplasma-workspace

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • kde plasma-workspacebefore 5.27.11.1
  • kde plasma-workspace6.0.0.0 and later · before 6.0.5.1

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:10plasma-workspacebefore 4:5.14.5.1-1+deb10u14:5.14.5.1-1+deb10u1
Debian:11plasma-workspacebefore 4:5.20.5-6+deb11u14:5.20.5-6+deb11u1
Debian:12plasma-workspacebefore 4:5.27.5-2+deb12u24:5.27.5-2+deb12u2
Debian:13plasma-workspacebefore 4:5.27.11.1-14:5.27.11.1-1
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP6plasma5-workspacebefore 5.27.11-bp156.3.3.15.27.11-bp156.3.3.1
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP6plasma5-workspacebefore 5.27.11-bp156.3.3.15.27.11-bp156.3.3.1

Same product

kde: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2018-6791An issue was discovered in soliduiserver/deviceserviceaction.cpp in KDE Plasma Workspace before 5.12.0.
    27Monitor
  • CVE-2018-6790An issue was discovered in KDE Plasma Workspace before 5.12.0.
    22Monitor
  • CVE-2015-1308kde-workspace 4.2.0 and plasma-workspace before 5.1.95 allows remote attackers to obtain input events, and consequently obtain passwords, by
    17Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2015-1307Jan 26, 2015 · plasma-workspace before 5.1.95 allows remote attackers to obtain passwords via a Trojan horse Look and Feel package.
    17Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-1433Feb 11, 2024 · KDE Plasma Workspace Theme File eventpluginsmanager.cpp enabledPlugins path traversal
    14Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:plasma-workspace4:5.27.5-2+deb12u2 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:plasma5-workspace5.27.11-bp156.3.3.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.6Package registry (OSV)
suse:plasma5-workspace5.27.11-bp156.3.3.1 · SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP6Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-613 · Insufficient Session Expiration

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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