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CVE-2025-48626

critical

In multiple locations, there is a possible way to launch an application from the background due to a precondition check failure.

Vendor / product: Google — android

In multiple locations, there is a possible way to launch an application from the background due to a precondition check failure. This could lead to remote escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

CVSS
9.8
9.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2025-12-08 17:16
Modified: 2026-10-07 20:10
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 2 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 07:06 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

google / android 13.0, 14.0, 15.0, 16.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-693

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Vendor advisory: https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2025-12-01
Patch / mitigation: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/9fb37191609f7cb7b2374531cafb2d00ec8b4bec
Patch / mitigation: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Launcher3/+/7628af9bf77f1d145359bf4075a6674574cae496

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 07:06 UTC · record ↗

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