What is CVE-2025-20700?
In the Airoha Bluetooth audio SDK, there is a possible permission bypass that allows access critical data of RACE protocol through Bluetooth LE GATT service. This could lead to remote escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
The record classifies CVE-2025-20700 under weakness class CWE-306. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable from an adjacent network, needs no prior authentication, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 427 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- CVSS v3.1 base score
- 8.8 — HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS (FIRST)
- 6.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.5% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Threadlinqs priority
- 8.1/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- Published
- 2025-08-04, last modified 2026-02-26
Is CVE-2025-20700 being exploited?
No public exploitation evidence for CVE-2025-20700 is recorded in the sources Threadlinqs tracks — CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, public proof-of-concept repositories and ProjectDiscovery Nuclei — as of 2026-02-26. That is an absence of evidence in those feeds, not a guarantee that the vulnerability is unexploited.
Affected products and versions
- Airoha Technology Corp.: AB156x, AB157x, AB158x, AB159x series, AB1627
How to fix CVE-2025-20700
No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2025-20700 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.
Threat activity tracking CVE-2025-20700
1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2025-20700, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on . This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.