CVE-2025-48597

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: 2025-12-08 · updated 2026-10-07
Weakness: CWE-1021

Description

In multiple locations, there is a possible way to trick a user into accepting a permission due to a tapjacking/overlay attack. 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, 15.0, 16.0

References

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/68170bad52250399d2e4a1a8023a3e7aeda1887d
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2025-12-01

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