CVE-2022-20266

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-08-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

In Companion, there is a possible way to keep a service running with elevated importance without showing foreground service notification due to improper input validation. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-13Android ID: A-211757348

Affected products

Android: 13.0

References

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/android-13
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/android-13

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