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bluez, gnome-bluetooth — security advisory
A bug in Bluez may allow for the Bluetooth Discoverable state being set to on when no Bluetooth agent is registered with the system. This situation could lead to the unauthorized pairing of certain Bluetooth devices without any form of authentication. Versions before bluez 5.51 are vulnerable.
- Products
- bluez, gnome-bluetooth
- Affected versions
- 3.26.1-1, 3.26.1-2, 3.26.1-3, 3.27.90-1, 3.28.0-1, 3.28.0-2, 5.35-0ubuntu2, 5.36-0ubuntu1, 5.37-0ubuntu5, 5.37-0ubuntu5.1, 5.37-0ubuntu5.3, 5.37-0ubuntu5.3+esm1, 5.37-0ubuntu5.3+esm2, 5.37-0ubuntu5.3+esm3, 5.37-0ubuntu5.3+esm4, 5.37-0ubuntu5.3+esm5, 5.37-0ubuntu5.3+esm6, 5.46-0ubuntu3, 5.46-0ubuntu4, 5.48-0ubuntu3, 5.48-0ubuntu3.1, 5.48-0ubuntu3.2, 5.48-0ubuntu3.3, 5.48-0ubuntu3.4, 5.48-0ubuntu3.5, 5.48-0ubuntu3.6, 5.48-0ubuntu3.7, 5.48-0ubuntu3.8, 5.48-0ubuntu3.9, 5.48-0ubuntu3.9+esm1, 5.48-0ubuntu3.9+esm2, 5.48-0ubuntu3.9+esm3
- Fixed versions
- 3.28.0-2ubuntu0.1
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-10910
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 28 Oct 2026, 10:37 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A bug in Bluez may allow for the Bluetooth Discoverable state being set to on when no Bluetooth agent is registered with the system. This situation could lead to the unauthorized pairing of certain Bluetooth devices without any form of authentication. Versions before bluez 5.51 are vulnerable.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10910
bluez
Fixed versions: Not specified
gnome-bluetooth
Fixed versions: 3.28.0-2ubuntu0.1
bluez
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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