CVE-2023-40116

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 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: 2023-10-27 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In onTaskAppeared of PipTaskOrganizer.java, there is a possible way to bypass background activity launch restrictions due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Affected products

Android: 11.0, 12.0, 12.1

References

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/18c3b194642f3949d09e48c21da5658fa04994c8
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2023-10-01
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/18c3b194642f3949d09e48c21da5658fa04994c8
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2023-10-01

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