Bluetooth devices supporting LE and specific BR/EDR implementations are vulnerable to method confusion attacks
Published May 19, 2020
6.3
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.66%
Description
Pairing in Bluetooth® Core v5.2 and earlier may permit an unauthenticated attacker to acquire credentials with two pairing devices via adjacent access when the unauthenticated user initiates different pairing methods in each peer device and an end-user erroneously completes both pairing procedures with the MITM using the confirmation number of one peer as the passkey of the other. An adjacent, unauthenticated attacker could be able to initiate any Bluetooth operation on either attacked device exposed by the enabled Bluetooth profiles. This exposure may be limited when the user must authorize certain access explicitly, but so long as a user assumes that it is the intended remote device requesting permissions, device-local protections may be weakened.
Affected products
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- Version 5.2StatusaffectedConstraints<=5.2
- Version
- ≤ 5.2
- ≤ 5.2
- ≤ 5.2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
bluez
Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
bluez
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
bluez
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
bluez
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | bluez | Out of support scope | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | bluez | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | bluez | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | bluez | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat mitigation
Use the Out of Band (OOB) pairing mechanism if possible. Disabling Bluetooth may be a suitable alternative for some environments, please refer to the Red Hat knowledgebase solution [1] for how to disable Bluetooth in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. [1] https://access.redhat.com/solutions/2682931
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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 2, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.66% (0.00658) | 49.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 0.66% (0.00658) | 50.03th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00053) | 22.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00053) | 21.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.05% (0.00053) | 19.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.40% (0.01404) | 49.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 2.74% (0.02742) | 63.06th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 2.74% (0.02742) | 62.72th | v1 |
| Jan 5, 2022 | 0.62% (0.00624) | 46.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.62% (0.00624) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (6)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10134 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1832216 Issue Tracking
- https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/534195/ third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10134
- https://www.bluetooth.com/learn-about-bluetooth/bluetooth-technology/bluetooth-security/method-vulnerability/ x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-10134
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10134 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1832216 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/534195/ | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10134 | ||
| https://www.bluetooth.com/learn-about-bluetooth/bluetooth-technology/bluetooth-security/method-vulnerability/ | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-10134 |
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