CVE-2022-25836

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.14%
Vendor Advisory bluetooth.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.bluetooth.com/learn-about-bluetooth/key-attributes/bluetooth-security/reporting-security/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2022-25836?
CVE-2022-25836 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2022-25836?
To fix CVE-2022-25836, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2022-25836 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2022-25836 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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