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.
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Mon, 12 Jan 2026 19:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-5
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 12 Jan 2026 14:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Apache
Apache nimble
Vendors & Products Apache
Apache nimble

Sat, 10 Jan 2026 10:30:00 +0000

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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.
Title Apache Mynewt NimBLE: Invalid error handling in pause encryption procedure in NimBLE controller
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-12T19:07:07.593Z

Reserved: 2025-06-16T14:01:50.268Z

Link: CVE-2025-52435

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-10T10:06:48.238Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-01-10T10:15:50.320

Modified: 2026-01-13T14:03:18.990

Link: CVE-2025-52435

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-01-12T14:36:18Z

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