CVE-2025-10457 Bluetooth: Out-Of-Context le_conn_rsp Handling
Attackers can bypass Bluetooth connection state checks by sending unsolicited responses, potentially disrupting secure pairing or connection flows in Zephyr RTOS.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-10457?
CVE-2025-10457 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Zephyrproject Zephyr, published on 19 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The function responsible for handling BLE connection responses does not verify whether a response is expected—that is, whether the device has initiated a connection request. Instead, it relies solely on identifier matching.
Weakness: CWE-358
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-10457?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Zephyrproject Zephyr.
How do I fix CVE-2025-10457?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-10457 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-10457 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-10457 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2022-3806 Bluetooth HCI Error Handling Double Free
- CVE-2017-14199 Memory corruption in getaddrinfo
- CVE-2018-1000800 Null dereference in n/a
- CVE-2021-3329 DOS: Incorrect handling of the initial HCI ACL_MTU handshake packet leads to crash of bluetooth host layer
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xqj6-vh76-2vv8.