Bluetooth LE and BR/EDR secure pairing in Bluetooth Core Specification 2.1 through 5.2 may permit a nearby man-in-the-middle attacker to identify the Passkey used during pairing (in the Passkey authentication procedure) by reflection of the public key and the authentication evidence of the initiating device, potentially permitting this attacker to complete authenticated pairing with the responding device using the correct Passkey for the pairing session. The attack methodology determines the Passkey value one bit at a time.
CVSS v4.0 Metrics
Exploitability
Attack VectorAdjacent
ComplexityHigh
RequirementsPresent
PrivilegesNone
User InteractionNone
Threat
Exploit MaturityPoC
Vulnerable System
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone
Subsequent System
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone
Supplemental
SafetyNegligible
AutomatableYes
RecoveryAutomatic
Value DensityConcentrated
UrgencyMedium
Change Log
| Date | Source | Changes | Score |
|---|
| 2026-07-21 | PoC | E: U→P | 0.6 → 1.3 |
| 2026-07-21 | nvd | AV: P→A, PR: H→N, UI: A→N, VC: N→L, VI: N→L | 0.0 → 0.6 |
| 2026-07-21 | cve.org | initial, patch: Unavailable | 0.0 |
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|
| bluetooth | bluetooth_core_specification | ≥ 2.1, ≤ 5.2 |
| debian | debian_linux | 9.0 |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 34 |
| intel | ac_1550_firmware | All versions |
| intel | ac_3165_firmware | All versions |
| intel | ac_3168_firmware | All versions |
| intel | ac_7265_firmware | All versions |
| intel | ac_8260_firmware | All versions |
| intel | ac_8265_firmware | All versions |
| intel | ac_9260_firmware | All versions |
| intel | ac_9461_firmware | All versions |
| intel | ac_9462_firmware | All versions |
| intel | ac_9560_firmware | All versions |
| intel | ax1650_firmware | All versions |
| intel | ax1675_firmware | All versions |
| intel | ax200_firmware | All versions |
| intel | ax201_firmware | All versions |
| intel | ax210_firmware | All versions |
| linux | linux_kernel | ≤ 5.13 |
Published: 2021-05-24