A buffer overflow reported in the Pavlok Behavioral Conditioning Wearable's Apple Notification Center Service event handler is scored critical (CVSS 9.6) by the assigning CNA, which describes it as exploitable by an unauthenticated attacker with adjacent network access; the researcher advisory states the vendor did not respond to disclosure. The details below come from the CVE record and its supporting VulDB entry and have not been independently verified.
What Is It
According to the CVE record, a vulnerability was found in Behavioral Technology Group's Pavlok Behavioral Conditioning Wearable in versions up to 20260707. The flaw is described as sitting in an unknown function of the Apple Notification Center Service (ANCS) event handler, where manipulation reportedly leads to a buffer overflow. It is classified under CWE-119 (improper restriction of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer) and CWE-120 (classic buffer overflow).
Per the record, the attack must be carried out from an adjacent network; that is, from the same local link or radio range as the device rather than routed across the internet. No privileges and no user interaction are said to be required.
Why It Matters
NVD lists a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.6 (CRITICAL) with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H. The scope is marked as Changed, with high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability; meaning that, if the CNA's assessment holds, a successful exploit could affect resources beyond the vulnerable component itself.
The CVSS 4.0 assessment scores it 8.6 (HIGH) and records exploit maturity as Proof-of-Concept. That rating is CNA-supplied; no public exploit code has been independently confirmed, and the underlying proof of concept is not published in the source material. Taken at face value, the low attack complexity and absence of any authentication requirement would make this a straightforward target for anyone within adjacent network range.
Note that these scores are provisional. The record has not yet been analyzed by NVD, so the vector and severity may change.
What's Vulnerable
- Vendor: Behavioral Technology Group
- Product: Pavlok Behavioral Conditioning Wearable
- Affected versions: Up to and including 20260707, as reported by the CNA
- Affected component: Apple Notification Center Service Event Handler
- CPE:
cpe:2.3:a:behavioral_technology_group:pavlok_behavioral_conditioning_wearable:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patch Status
No patch is available. Per the advisory, the vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way. No fixed version, mitigation, or vendor guidance has been published in the source material.
As of this writing, this CVE does not appear in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which means there is no federally mandated remediation deadline attached to it. Absence from the KEV catalog is not evidence that exploitation is not occurring, it reflects only that CISA has not catalogued confirmed in-the-wild exploitation, and low-visibility consumer wearables are unlikely candidates for the telemetry that drives KEV additions. Given the absence of a vendor fix, the only available risk reduction is network-level, restricting adjacent access to affected devices.
The record was published this week and currently carries NVD status Received, meaning analysis is still pending and none of the CNA-supplied details have been reviewed by NVD.