CVE-2025-26436

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: 2025-09-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-863

Description

In clearAllowBgActivityStarts of PendingIntentRecord.java, there is a possible way for an application to launch an activity from the background due to BAL Bypass. 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/+/bba26504af51d2dd3b8eddeb96e59cac8fcb9070
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/ccba6717779fea0a86b6326f9925c36fc837738c
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2025-05-01

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