Description
J2EE Misconfiguration: Data Transmission Without Encryption vulnerability in Apache NimBLE. Improper handling of Pause Encryption procedure on Link Layer results in a previously encrypted connection being left in un-encrypted state allowing an eavesdropper to observe the remainder of the exchange. This issue affects Apache NimBLE: through <= 1.8.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.9.0, which fixes the issue.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
Apache Software Foundation Apache Mynewt NimBLE
Default version status: unaffected
0 to ≤ 1.8.0affected
References
- https://github.com/apache/mynewt-nimble/commit/164f1c23c18a290908df76ed83fe848bfe4a4903 ↗
- https://github.com/apache/mynewt-nimble/commit/ec3d75e909fa6dcadf1836fefc4432794a673d18 ↗
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/ow8dzpsqfh9llfclh5fzh6z237brzc0s ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/08/1 ↗