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CVE-2025-26440

• 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-862

Description

In multiple functions of CameraService.cpp, there is a possible way to use the camera from the background due to a permissions 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: 14.0

References

• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/b9a047c94deb06ab7ff956e4fb50b19ddd70cf9a
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/b90d4d01e1bfaacae0e1f144075f72b1fb036799
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2025-05-01

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