High severity · published May 13, 2026
CVE-2026-25710
The new upstream added a privileged D-Bus helper called plasmaloginauthhelper, which suffers from multiple issues, e.g.aA compromised plasmalogin service account can…
7.0
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The new upstream added a privileged D-Bus
helper called plasmaloginauthhelper, which suffers from multiple issues, e.g.aA compromised plasmalogin service account can chown() arbitrary files in the system.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 3% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PL
plasma-login-manager · KDE
before ? · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25710
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-25710
bugzilla.suse.com
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2026-25710
security.opensuse.org
https://security.opensuse.org/2026/04/27/plasma-login-manager.html#6-upstream-bugfix
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/27/1