CVE-2022-25836

HIGH

Bluetooth Core Specification <5.3 - Auth Bypass

Title source: llm

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0025
EPSS Percentile 47.8%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Classification

CWE
CWE-294
Status published

Affected Products (1)

bluetooth/bluetooth_core_specification < 5.3

Timeline

Published Dec 12, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026