Bug 508732

Summary:	[Plasma 6.4.4] Discover not asking for user password for security authorization upon startup
Product:	[Applications] Discover	Reporter:	krisrh21
Component:	discover	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM
Severity:	major	CC:	aleixpol, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.4.4
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description krisrh21 2025-08-25 20:23:34 UTC

SUMMARY
Upon startup, Discover 6.4.4 does not ask for user password for security authorization. I'm reporting this as a major bug since a skilled hacker or even a guest user on a shared Linux computer might be able to install or remove any package or set of packages by using Discover since the user password is not being asked by Discover for security authorization upon startup.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Start Discover

OBSERVED RESULT
Upon startup, Discover 6.4.4 fails to ask for user password for security authorization.

EXPECTED RESULT
Upon startup, Discover 6.4.4 should ask for user password for security authorization.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Fedora Linux 42
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.17.0
Qt Version: 6.9.1
Kernel Version: 6.15.10-200.fc42.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-08-26 19:58:54 UTC

The configuration of which authentication prompts need to be answered by the user vs auto-accepted is up to your distro, not KDE. Please talk to your distro about it, thanks!