CVE-2025-20701

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-08-04 · updated 2026-09-08
Weakness: CWE-863

Description

In the Airoha Bluetooth audio SDK, there is a possible way to pair Bluetooth audio device without user consent. This could lead to remote escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Affected products

Airoha Technology Corp. AB156x, AB157x, AB158x, AB159x series: through Airoha IoT SDK for BT audio v5.5.0; through Airoha AB1561x/AB1562x/AB1563x SDK v3.3.1

References

https://www.airoha.com/product-security-bulletin/2025
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2026/Aug/7
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2026/Jun/18
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/859658

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