CVE-2022-20491

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-12-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-1284

Description

In NotificationChannel of NotificationChannel.java, there is a possible failure to persist permissions settings due to resource exhaustion. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-10 Android-11 Android-12 Android-12L Android-13Android ID: A-242703556

Affected products

Android: 10.0, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 13.0

References

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2022-12-01
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2022-12-01

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