NRF52810 Runtime EM Fault Injection APPROTECT Bypass
Priority HIGH 72CWE-1191Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
On-Chip Debug and Test Interface With Improper Access Control and Improper Protection against Electromagnetic Fault Injection (EM-FI) in Nordic Semiconductor nRF52810 allow attacker to perform EM Fault Injection and bypass APPROTECT at runtime, requiring the least amount of modification to the hardware system possible.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00242 15th 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
- Poc
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nordic Semiconductor | nRF52810 | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- nRF52810 VendorNordic Semiconductor Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-9709
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7c3c-m7hv-59qq
References
Other 4
- https://raelize.com/upload/research/2022/No_Hat_2022_-_Glitching_devices_for_code_execution_v1.1.pdf
- https://raelize.com/upload/research/2025/Dartmouth_202505_False-Injections-Tales-of-Physics-Misconceptions-and-Weird-Machines_v1.1.pdf
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27211
- https://www.toreon.com/cve-2025-9709-major-vulnerability-in-common-chip/
Sources
- CVE-2025-9709 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-9709 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7c3c-m7hv-59qq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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