CVE-2025-5820

Adjacent authentication bypass via uninitialized ERTM channel data

Published Jun 21, 2025 · Updated Jun 23, 2025

Authentication bypass in Sony XAV-AX8500 2.00.01 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass access controls over Bluetooth ERTM. The Bluetooth ERTM channel implementation improperly initializes channel data, allowing an unauthenticated peer to communicate through an alternate channel. Bluetooth radio proximity is required; successful exploitation permits unauthorized system access, while the published record does not further define the reachable functions.

CVSS severity8.8
High
EPSS probability0.35%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Authentication bypass in Sony XAV-AX8500 2.00.01 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass access controls over Bluetooth ERTM. The Bluetooth ERTM channel implementation improperly initializes channel data, allowing an unauthenticated peer to communicate through an alternate channel. Bluetooth radio proximity is required; successful exploitation permits unauthorized system access, while the published record does not further define the reachable functions.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-5820
Published
Jun 21, 2025
Updated
Jun 23, 2025
Vendor
Sony Group Corporation
Product
XAV-AX8500
Classifications
CWE-288
Attack vector
adjacent
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jun 21, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jun 23, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=2.00.01

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectoradjacent
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Sony Group Corporation · XAV-AX8500version=2.00.01

Published CVSS scores

8.8NIST National Vulnerability DatabaseCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.3Zero Day InitiativeCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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Attacks

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectoradjacent
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-288Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

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