Adjacent eavesdropping via unencrypted BLE telemetry
Published Mar 7, 2026 · Updated Aug 16, 2026
Cleartext transmission in the BLE handler in Mendi Neurofeedback Headset V4 allows adjacent attackers to read fNIRS sensor data. The public record indicates that the headset sends neural activity telemetry over the air in cleartext and does not enforce secure BLE pairing or application-layer encryption, while the code-level locus remains undisclosed. An attacker within Bluetooth reception range can passively sniff sessions without authentication or user interaction, and published sources describe confidentiality exposure only.
Summary
What happened
Cleartext transmission in the BLE handler in Mendi Neurofeedback Headset V4 allows adjacent attackers to read fNIRS sensor data. The public record indicates that the headset sends neural activity telemetry over the air in cleartext and does not enforce secure BLE pairing or application-layer encryption, while the code-level locus remains undisclosed. An attacker within Bluetooth reception range can passively sniff sessions without authentication or user interaction, and published sources describe confidentiality exposure only.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-2671
- Published
- Mar 7, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 16, 2026
- Vendor
- Mendi Innovations AB
- Product
- Mendi Headset
- Classifications
- CWE-319, CWE-310
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Mar 7, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 16, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=V4
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