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CVE-2022-25836

Bluetooth® Low Energy Pairing in Bluetooth Core Specification v4.0 through v5.3 may permit an unauthenticated MITM to acquire credentials with two pairing devices via adjacent access when the MITM negotiates Legacy Passkey Pairing with the pairing Initiator and Secure Connections Passkey Pairing with the pairing Responder and brute forces the Passkey entered by the user into the Initiator. The MITM attacker can use the identified Passkey value to complete authentication with the Responder via Bluetooth pairing method confusion.

Published

2022-12-12T04:15:09.587

Last Modified

2025-04-22T21:15:42.160

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-294
Type: Secondary
CWE-294

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	bluetooth	bluetooth_core_specification	≤ 5.3	Yes

References

https://www.bluetooth.com/learn-about-bluetooth/key-attributes/bluetooth-security/reporting-security/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.bluetooth.com/learn-about-bluetooth/key-attributes/bluetooth-security/reporting-security/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)