CVE-2025-22415

Local privilege escalation via system-user activity launch

Published Sep 4, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026

Privilege escalation in Android 13 and 14 allows local users to launch arbitrary activities as the system user without user interaction. The android_app module definition in Android.bp improperly permits an application to start any activity under the system-user context. Exploitation requires local execution on an affected Wear OS device but no additional execution privileges, granting access to activities with the system user's authority.

CVSS severity4.0
Medium
EPSS probability0.08%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Privilege escalation in Android 13 and 14 allows local users to launch arbitrary activities as the system user without user interaction. The android_app module definition in Android.bp improperly permits an application to start any activity under the system-user context. Exploitation requires local execution on an affected Wear OS device but no additional execution privileges, granting access to activities with the system user's authority.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-22415
Published
Sep 4, 2025
Updated
Feb 26, 2026
Vendor
Google Cloud
Product
Android
Classifications
CWE-266, T1626
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 4, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=13
  2. Affected versionversion=14

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Google Cloud · Androidversion=13; version=14

Published CVSS scores

4.0CISA-ADPCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-266Incorrect Privilege Assignment
T1626Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism

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