CVE-2025-36901

Adjacent elevation of privilege through undisclosed WLAN flaw

Published Sep 4, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026

Improper privilege management in Android WLAN before 2025-09-05 allows attackers to elevate privileges from an adjacent network. Google marks the underlying Android bug as nonpublic and has not disclosed the affected WLAN code path or the operation that mishandles attacker-controlled input. The published assessment requires adjacent-network access but no prior privileges or user interaction; the resulting privilege increase can affect device data and operation.

CVSS severity8.8
High
EPSS probability0.16%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Improper privilege management in Android WLAN before 2025-09-05 allows attackers to elevate privileges from an adjacent network. Google marks the underlying Android bug as nonpublic and has not disclosed the affected WLAN code path or the operation that mishandles attacker-controlled input. The published assessment requires adjacent-network access but no prior privileges or user interaction; the resulting privilege increase can affect device data and operation.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-36901
Published
Sep 4, 2025
Updated
Feb 26, 2026
Vendor
Google Cloud
Product
Android
Classifications
CWE-269
Attack vector
adjacent
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=Android kernel

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectoradjacent
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Google Cloud · Androidversion=Android kernel

Published CVSS scores

8.8CISA ADPCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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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)
Vectoradjacent
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management

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