7.8High
Google Android
CVE-2025-48566
In multiple locations, there is a possible permission bypass due to a confused deputy. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
What this means for your business
- It affects Google Android. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- An attacker can use it only with access to the machine itself, with an ordinary user login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
- FIRST's prediction model gives it a less than 0.1% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 0% of all known flaws.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Google Android, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, follow the vendor's guidance. No patch reference has been published yet.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 7.8 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Assigned by
- security@android.com
Dates
- Published
- 2025-12-08
- Last modified
- 2026-09-08
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Google Android13.0, 14.0, 15.0, 16.0
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.