CVE-2025-26436

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Sep 4, 2025
Updated: Feb 26, 2026
Reserved: Feb 10, 2025

Description

In clearAllowBgActivityStarts of PendingIntentRecord.java, there is a possible way for an application to launch an activity from the background due to BAL Bypass. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

Affected Products

Product	Versions
AndroidGoogle	15Affected 14Affected 13Affected

References

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/bba26504af51d2dd3b8eddeb96e59cac8fcb9070
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/ccba6717779fea0a86b6326f9925c36fc837738c
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2025-05-01

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