Local privilege escalation via dismissible keyguard
Published Sep 4, 2025 · Updated Sep 4, 2025
Protection mechanism failure in Android 15 and 16 allows local users to escape app pinning without user interaction. KeyguardService.showDismissibleKeyguard displays a dismissible keyguard when a foldable closes with “Swipe up to continue” enabled, dropping the pinned app's security state. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access, a pinned app, and the affected foldable setting; successful escape exposes functions outside the pinned app.
Summary
What happened
Protection mechanism failure in Android 15 and 16 allows local users to escape app pinning without user interaction. KeyguardService.showDismissibleKeyguard displays a dismissible keyguard when a foldable closes with “Swipe up to continue” enabled, dropping the pinned app's security state. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access, a pinned app, and the affected foldable setting; successful escape exposes functions outside the pinned app.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-32331
- Published
- Sep 4, 2025
- Updated
- Sep 4, 2025
- Vendor
- Go standard library
- Product
- Android
- Classifications
- CWE-693, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Sep 4, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 4, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=15
- Affected versionversion=16
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