CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-12856
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-05-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
OpenTrace, as used in COVIDSafe through v1.0.17, TraceTogether, ABTraceTogether, and other applications on iOS and Android, allows remote attackers to conduct long-term re-identification attacks and possibly have unspecified other impact, because of how Bluetooth is used.
Affected configurations
• alberta abtracetogether
• health covidsafe (<= 1.0.17)
• health covidsafe
• tracetogether tracetogether
References
- https://covidsafe.watch/issue-register/cve-2020-12856-long-term-tracking-and-possibly-enables-other-bluetooth-based-attack-vectors Third Party Advisory
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u5a5ersKBH6eG362atALrzuXo3zuZ70qrGomWVEC27U/edit?usp=sharing Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/alwentiu/COVIDSafe-CVE-2020-12856/blob/master/README.md Third Party Advisory
- https://covidsafe.watch/issue-register/cve-2020-12856-long-term-tracking-and-possibly-enables-other-bluetooth-based-attack-vectors Third Party Advisory
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u5a5ersKBH6eG362atALrzuXo3zuZ70qrGomWVEC27U/edit?usp=sharing Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/alwentiu/COVIDSafe-CVE-2020-12856/blob/master/README.md Third Party Advisory