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GHSA-5C5P-G26H-XX2F

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-10 12:30 – Updated: 2026-01-10 12:30

Details

J2EE Misconfiguration: Data Transmission Without Encryption vulnerability in Apache NimBLE.

Improper handling of Pause Encryption procedure on Link Layer results in a previously encrypted connection being left in un-encrypted state allowing an eavesdropper to observe the remainder of the exchange. This issue affects Apache NimBLE: through <= 1.8.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.9.0, which fixes the issue.

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CVE-2025-52435 (GCVE-0-2025-52435)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-10 09:47 – Updated: 2026-01-10 10:06

Title

Apache Mynewt NimBLE: Invalid error handling in pause encryption procedure in NimBLE controller

Summary

J2EE Misconfiguration: Data Transmission Without Encryption vulnerability in Apache NimBLE. Improper handling of Pause Encryption procedure on Link Layer results in a previously encrypted connection being left in un-encrypted state allowing an eavesdropper to observe the remainder of the exchange. This issue affects Apache NimBLE: through <= 1.8.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.9.0, which fixes the issue.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-5 J2EE Misconfiguration - Data Transmission Without Encryption

Assigner

apache

References

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/apache/mynewt-nimble/commit/16…	patch
	https://github.com/apache/mynewt-nimble/commit/ec…	patch
	https://lists.apache.org/thread/ow8dzpsqfh9llfclh…	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Apache Software Foundation	Apache Mynewt NimBLE	Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.8.0 (semver)

Credits

Henrik Schnor <henrik.schnor@mailbox.org>

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GHSA-5C5P-G26H-XX2F

CVE-2025-52435 (GCVE-0-2025-52435)

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