CVE-2022-25837

HIGH

Bluetooth Core Specification <5.3 - Unauthenticated MITM

Title source: llm

Description

Bluetooth® Pairing in Bluetooth Core Specification v1.0B through v5.3 may permit an unauthenticated MITM to acquire credentials with two pairing devices via adjacent access when at least one device supports BR/EDR Secure Connections pairing and the other BR/EDR Legacy PIN code pairing if the MITM negotiates BR/EDR Secure Simple Pairing in Secure Connections mode using the Passkey association model with the pairing Initiator and BR/EDR Legacy PIN code pairing with the pairing Responder and brute forces the Passkey entered by the user into the Responder as a 6-digit PIN code. The MITM attacker can use the identified PIN code value as the Passkey value to complete authentication with the Initiator via Bluetooth pairing method confusion.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0019
EPSS Percentile 40.5%
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