🛡️ CVE-2025-26422 — android

🟡 CVSS 4.0 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-279 NVD
4.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

In dump of WindowManagerService.java, there is a possible way of running dumpsys without the required permission due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity none, availability none.

Affected software

CVE-2025-26422 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • android
  • platform/frameworks/base (from 15:0 up to 15:2025-05-01)

Timeline and source

Published on 4 September 2025 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

android.googlesource.com
source.android.com

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 4.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-279
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2025-09-04
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
android — —
platform/frameworks/base 15:0 15:2025-05-01

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