KDE connect: wrong association key with BT during authorization with app

Stakanov <[email protected]> Sun, 04 Jan 2026 11:21:24 +0100
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From: Stakanov <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2026 11:21:24 +0100
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Hello,=20
I have a Xiaomi PocoX7pro with latest kde connect from fdroid and the KDE=20
connect from the repos of opensuse Tumbleweed.=20

Whenever I try to pair the two, they see each other, but the security key=20
indicated at the PC screen (expected) is totally different with the one in=
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reception.=20
Any suggestion what could happen to compromise / destroy the key exchange?=
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If one uses the non corresponding key it pairs, but of course security is=20
compromised like this. So I did take of then the pairing, did it just for=20
reporting purposes.=20
This happens under Bluetooth and no difference if I am using the phone or t=
he=20
plasma BT stack via Konnect to pair.=20
The phone itself is correctly paired via BT without issues.=20

Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20260102
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.21.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Kernel Version: 6.18.2-1-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 12 =C3=97 AMD Ryzen 5 5600G with Radeon Graphics
Memory: 128 GiB of RAM (125.2 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon Pro W5500
Product Name: X570 Phantom Gaming 4

Android version is: 1.34.4

Linux version: 25.12.0

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