CVE-2025-26421

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 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: 2025-09-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-290

Description

In multiple locations, there is a possible lock screen bypass 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: 13.0, 14.0, 15.0

References

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/b66817d2ed3b6ef29873bfe9857081cdef63681f
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Settings/+/f16fa58405ed94703ea1886c483a2e2ce1c2b176
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2025-05-01

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