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Apple patches Beats Studio Buds flaw that could turn earbuds into a wiretap

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STIX ID: report--333ba89c-ee5d-5a3b-a013-2e12821f2f52

Feed Name: Security Boulevard

Threat Score
60/100

Date Published: 2026-06-19

Date Updated: 2026-06-19

Author: Malwarebytes

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A CVE-2025-20701 flaw in Airoha Bluetooth system-on-chip devices—impacting products including Beats Studio Buds—allowed devices in pairing mode to be impersonated by nearby attackers, potentially enabling microphone eavesdropping, pairing key extraction, and device/phone compromise; Apple issued Beats firmware update 1B211 to remediate the issue.

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