High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published May 18, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-12858

Description

Non-reinitialisation of random data in the advertising payload in COVIDSafe v1.0.15 and v1.0.16 allows a remote attacker to re-identify Android devices running COVIDSafe by scanning for their advertising beacons.

Affected products

COVIDSafe/COVIDSafedescription
Australian Government Department of Health/COVIDSafellm-create
Range: 1.0.15, 1.0.16

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

docs.google.com/document/d/1u5a5ersKBH6eG362atALrzuXo3zuZ70qrGomWVEC27U/editnvdThird Party Advisory
www.health.gov.au/resources/apps-and-tools/covidsafe-appnvdProductVendor Advisory

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