CVE-2022-25836

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-12-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-294

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.

Affected products

Bluetooth Core Specification: from 4.0 through 5.3

References

https://www.bluetooth.com/learn-about-bluetooth/key-attributes/bluetooth-security/reporting-security/
https://www.bluetooth.com/learn-about-bluetooth/key-attributes/bluetooth-security/reporting-security/

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