On Fitbit activity-tracker devices, certain addresses never change
Published Jul 15, 2019
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.64%
Description
On Fitbit activity-tracker devices, certain addresses never change. According to the popets-2019-0036.pdf document, this leads to "permanent trackability" and "considerable privacy concerns" without a user-accessible anonymization feature. The devices, such as Charge 2, transmit Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) advertising packets with a TxAdd flag indicating random addresses, but the addresses remain constant. If devices come within BLE range at one or more locations where an adversary has set up passive sniffing, the adversary can determine whether the same device has entered one of these locations.
Affected products
No data.
- n/a
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.64% (0.00637) | 48.62th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.64% (0.00637) | 45.55th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.16% (0.00161) | 34.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00074) | 34.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 20, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00074) | 32.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.07% (0.00074) | 30.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 26.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (2)
- https://petsymposium.org/2019/files/papers/issue3/popets-2019-0036.pdf x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- https://twitter.com/TedOnPrivacy/status/1151390589990187008 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://petsymposium.org/2019/files/papers/issue3/popets-2019-0036.pdf | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| https://twitter.com/TedOnPrivacy/status/1151390589990187008 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory |
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