CVE-2023-20918

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-07-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-611

Description

In getPendingIntentLaunchFlags of ActivityOptions.java, there is a possible elevation of privilege due to a confused deputy with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Affected products

Android: 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 13.0

References

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/16c604aa7c253ce5cf075368a258c0b21386160d
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/51051de4eb40bb502db448084a83fd6cbfb7d3cf
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/8418e3a017428683d173c0c82b0eb02d5b923a4e
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2023-07-01
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/16c604aa7c253ce5cf075368a258c0b21386160d
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/51051de4eb40bb502db448084a83fd6cbfb7d3cf
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/8418e3a017428683d173c0c82b0eb02d5b923a4e
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2023-07-01

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