5.7

CVE-2026-80185: bluez Type Confusion

CVSS: 5.7v3.1MediumAwaiting analysis
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80185DEBIAN-CVE-2026-80185
Published 25-08-2026Last modified 16-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-80185 is a medium (CVSS 5.7) Type Confusion vulnerability in bluez. EPSS estimates a 0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
23/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.7/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.29%
0%100%
Low · +0.05 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
USN-8908-1

Timeline

  1. 25-08-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

BlueZ sdp-xml.c type confusion via RegisterProfile(ServiceRecord) can crash bluetoothd (local DoS): a crafted nested ServiceRecord can corrupt the SDP XML parser stack so scalar union data is treated as a sequence pointer, allowing a local caller to crash bluetoothd.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.29%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

20%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.05 pp

From 0.24% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.29%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • bluezAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.87-3
Ubuntu1 product
  • bluez< 5.37-0ubuntu5.3+esm6 | < 5.48-0ubuntu3.9+esm3 | < 5.53-0ubuntu3.9+esm1 | < 5.64-0ubuntu1.5 | < 5.72-0ubuntu5.7 | All versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.85-4ubuntu0.3

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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