Medium severity · published May 24, 2021
CVE-2020-26558
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…
4.2
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 59% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
before 5.13 · source: NVD
A1
AC 1550 Firmware · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
A3
AC 3165 Firmware · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
A3
AC 3168 Firmware · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
A7
AC 7265 Firmware · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
A8
AC 8260 Firmware · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
A8
AC 8265 Firmware · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
A9
AC 9260 Firmware · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
A9
AC 9461 Firmware · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
A9
AC 9462 Firmware · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
A9
AC 9560 Firmware · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
AF
Ax1650 Firmware · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26558
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-26558
Third Party Advisory
https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/799380
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00019.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00020.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00022.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NSS6CTGE4UGTJLCOZOASDR3T3SLL6QJZ/
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-16
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