Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-45816

Apache Software Foundation Apache NimBLE

Apache NimBLE: NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in SMP LTK request

CVSS 3.1
7.5High

Official description

NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Apache NimBLE in LE Long Term Key Request event. This requires disabled asserts (otherwise assert would trigger before NULL dereference) and bogus (or misbehaving) controller, thus severity is low. This issue affects Apache NimBLE: through 1.9.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.10.0, which fixes the issue.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
7.5High 3.1 CISA ADP / Vulnrichment (CISA-ADP) CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
Apache Software Foundation Apache NimBLE v ≤ 1.9.0 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2026-07-24
Last updated
2026-07-24
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
apache

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.03%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
63.8%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
Yes
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Partial

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-476
    NULL Pointer Dereference