CVE-2026-80186

NameCVE-2026-80186
DescriptionA stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in BlueZ, the Linux Bluetooth protocol stack. A remote user within Bluetooth radio range can send a specially crafted Extended Inquiry Response (EIR) packet that causes a buffer overflow when the target device performs Bluetooth discovery. This vulnerability can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) by crashing the bluetoothd service and may allow for arbitrary code execution.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
bluez (PTS)bullseye5.55-3.1+deb11u1vulnerable
bullseye (security)5.55-3.1+deb11u2vulnerable
bookworm5.66-1+deb12u2vulnerable
bookworm (security)5.66-1+deb12u1vulnerable
trixie5.82-1.1vulnerable
forky5.87-1vulnerable
sid5.87-2vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
bluezsource(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

https://github.com/bluez/bluez/security/advisories/GHSA-68h6-5qgp-3975
Fixed by: https://github.com/bluez/bluez/commit/381b5d0d208972586282116d333865ba93b8dec2

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