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TI-2020-12437 Aliases CVE-2020-15802GHSA-2ffq-f4m4-q248

Devices supporting Bluetooth before 5.1 may allow man-in-the-middle attacks, aka…

Priority LOW 36CWE-287Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-287.

Summary

Devices supporting Bluetooth before 5.1 may allow man-in-the-middle attacks, aka BLURtooth. Cross Transport Key Derivation in Bluetooth Core Specification v4.2 and v5.0 may permit an unauthenticated user to establish a bonding with one transport, either LE or BR/EDR, and replace a bonding already established on the opposing transport, BR/EDR or LE, potentially overwriting an authenticated key with an unauthenticated key, or a key with greater entropy with one with less.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.07137 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:bluetooth:bluetooth_core_specification:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 5.1VulnerableBluetooth
  • cpe:2.3:a:bluetooth:bluetooth_core_specification:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 5.1 Vulnerable ·Bluetooth

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-15802
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2ffq-f4m4-q248

References

Advisory 3

  • TI-2023-09808 Bluetooth BR/EDR devices with Secure Simple Pairing and Secure Connections pairing in… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2022-09406 Bluetooth® Pairing in Bluetooth Core Specification v1.0B through v5.3 may permit an… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2022-09405 Bluetooth® Low Energy Pairing in Bluetooth Core Specification v4.0 through v5.3 may… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2020-16190 Mesh Provisioning in the Bluetooth Mesh profile 1.0 and 1.0.1 may permit a nearby device… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2020-16189 Bluetooth legacy BR/EDR PIN code pairing in Bluetooth Core Specification 1.0B through 5.2… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
  • TI-2021-11713 Unencrypted Bluetooth Low Energy baseband links in Bluetooth Core Specifications 4.0… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
See all 9 →

Sources

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