CVE-2018-10910

Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2019-01-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-863

Description

A bug in Bluez may allow for the Bluetooth Discoverable state being set to on when no Bluetooth agent is registered with the system. This situation could lead to the unauthorized pairing of certain Bluetooth devices without any form of authentication. Versions before bluez 5.51 are vulnerable.

Affected products

BlueZ: before 5.51 — fixed in 5.51
Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 18.04

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: BlueZ 5.51. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10910
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3856-1/
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10910
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3856-1/

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