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CVE-2020-26556

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-26556 describes a vulnerability in the Mesh Provisioning process of Bluetooth Mesh profile versions 1.0 and 1.0.1. A nearby attacker can exploit Malleable Commitment to brute-force an insufficiently random AuthValue, thereby completing authentication before the provisioning timeout. This is a high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) with an adjacent attack vector and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.0b, <= 5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bluetooth:bluetooth_core_specification:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bluetooth:mesh_profile:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bluetooth:mesh_profile:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
56.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0091 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 239 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: bluez
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: bluez

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-26556Moderate

kernel: malleable commitment Bluetooth Mesh Provisioning

May 24, 2021

References

kb.cert.org / vuls/id/799380
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
bluetooth.com / learn-about-bluetooth/key-attributes/bluetooth-security/reporting-security
Vendor Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/799380
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource