TI-2022-09406 Aliases CVE-2022-25837 GHSA-gcxw-4wrx-xhw5

Bluetooth® Pairing in Bluetooth Core Specification v1.0B through v5.3 may permit an…

LOW 35CWE-294Published 2022-12-12 · Updated 2025-04-22

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-294.

Summary

Bluetooth® Pairing in Bluetooth Core Specification v1.0B through v5.3 may permit an unauthenticated MITM to acquire credentials with two pairing devices via adjacent access when at least one device supports BR/EDR Secure Connections pairing and the other BR/EDR Legacy PIN code pairing if the MITM negotiates BR/EDR Secure Simple Pairing in Secure Connections mode using the Passkey association model with the pairing Initiator and BR/EDR Legacy PIN code pairing with the pairing Responder and brute forces the Passkey entered by the user into the Responder as a 6-digit PIN code. The MITM attacker can use the identified PIN code value as the Passkey value to complete authentication with the Initiator via Bluetooth pairing method confusion.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00366 30th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:bluetooth:bluetooth_core_specification::::::::	1.1b – 5.3	Vulnerable	Bluetooth

cpe:2.3:a:bluetooth:bluetooth_core_specification:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1b – 5.3 Vulnerable ·Bluetooth

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-25837
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gcxw-4wrx-xhw5

References

Advisory 1

https://www.bluetooth.com/learn-about-bluetooth/key-attributes/bluetooth-security/reporting-security/

TI-2020-12437 Devices supporting Bluetooth before 5.1 may allow man-in-the-middle attacks, aka… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
TI-2023-09808 Bluetooth BR/EDR devices with Secure Simple Pairing and Secure Connections pairing in… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8
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

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Sources

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