CVE-2022-25836
HIGHBluetooth Core Specification <5.3 - Auth Bypass
Title source: llmDescription
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