# CVE-2025-9709: NRF52810 Runtime EM Fault Injection APPROTECT Bypass

> Attackers can bypass APPROTECT security via electromagnetic fault injection on nRF52810 chips, enabling unauthorized debug access and potential code execution.

- **Severity:** High 8.6 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/S:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7c3c-m7hv-59qq

## What is CVE-2025-9709?

CVE-2025-9709 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nordic Semiconductor nRF52810, published on 5 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

On-Chip Debug and Test Interface With Improper Access Control and Improper Protection against Electromagnetic Fault Injection (EM-FI) in Nordic Semiconductor nRF52810 allow attacker to perform EM Fault Injection and bypass APPROTECT at runtime, requiring the least amount of modification to the hardware system possible.

Weakness: CWE-1319 (Improper Protection against Electromagnetic Fault Injection (EM-FI)), CWE-1191 (On-Chip Debug and Test Interface With Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-9709?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-9709?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-9709 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-9709 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-9709 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-9709 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-9709 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nordic Semiconductor nRF52810, published on 5 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-9709 exists.

Affected product: Nordic Semiconductor nRF52810. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9709/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9709/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-9709
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9709
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-9709

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