CVE-2026-45811 PUBLISHED

Apache NimBLE: Buffer overflow in socket HCI transport

Assigner: apache
Reserved: 13.05.2026 Published: 24.07.2026 Updated: 24.07.2026

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') vulnerability in Apache NimBLE. The HCI socket transport did not check whether a received HCI event would fit the configured event pool before copying it, allowing a buffer overflow. Severity is low: exploitation requires either a misconfigured pool size or a malicious/compromised controller on the other end of the HCI socket link, not over-the-air Bluetooth access.

This issue affects Apache NimBLE: through 1.9.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.10.0, which fixes the issue.

Product Status

Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache NimBLE
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 1.9.0 (incl.)

Credits

  • Yicheng Yang, Secsys Lab, Fudan University reporter

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') CWE