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Vulnerability record · CVE-2020-15802 · published 11 September 2020

CVE-2020-15802: Bluetooth core specification improper authentication vulnerability

Bluetooth · Bluetooth Core Specification

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.

5.9 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 7.1% · top 6.0% CWE-287 · Improper authentication
5.9CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 4.3
7.1%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://gizmodo.com/bluetooth-unveils-its-latest-security-issue-with-no-se-1845013709 Third Party Advisory
https://www.bluetooth.com/learn-about-bluetooth/bluetooth-technology/bluetooth-security/blurtooth/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/589825 Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
https://gizmodo.com/bluetooth-unveils-its-latest-security-issue-with-no-se-1845013709 Third Party Advisory
https://www.bluetooth.com/learn-about-bluetooth/bluetooth-technology/bluetooth-security/blurtooth/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/589825 Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2020-15802), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.