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CVE-2020-26557

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-26557 describes a vulnerability in Bluetooth Mesh profile 1.0 and 1.0.1, where a nearby attacker can brute-force the AuthValue during mesh provisioning. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.5) has an adjacent attack vector and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires high attack complexity. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its potential.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
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
0.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
53.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0083 is in the 68th 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-2020-26557Moderate

kernel: predictable Authvalue in Bluetooth Mesh Provisioning Leads to MITM

May 24, 2021

References

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