CVE-2023-21249

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 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: 2023-07-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-281

Description

In multiple functions of OneTimePermissionUserManager.java, there is a possible one-time permission retention due to a permissions bypass. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with User execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Affected products

Android: 13.0

References

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/c00b7e7dbc1fa30339adef693d02a51254755d7f
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2023-07-01
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/c00b7e7dbc1fa30339adef693d02a51254755d7f
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2023-07-01

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