CVE-2025-48653

Local privilege escalation via obscured permission usage

Published Mar 2, 2026 · Updated Mar 2, 2026

Protection mechanism failure in Google Android 14, 15, 16, and 16-qpr2 allows local users to escalate privileges without interaction. Google identifies loadDataAndPostValue implementations in multiple files but does not disclose the erroneous operation beyond stating that permission use can be obscured. Exploitation requires local access but no user interaction or additional execution privileges, and successful exploitation grants elevated privileges.

CVSS severity7.8
High
EPSS probability0.10%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Protection mechanism failure in Google Android 14, 15, 16, and 16-qpr2 allows local users to escalate privileges without interaction. Google identifies loadDataAndPostValue implementations in multiple files but does not disclose the erroneous operation beyond stating that permission use can be obscured. Exploitation requires local access but no user interaction or additional execution privileges, and successful exploitation grants elevated privileges.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-48653
Published
Mar 2, 2026
Updated
Mar 2, 2026
Vendor
Go standard library
Product
Android
Classifications
CWE-693, T1068
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Mar 2, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Mar 2, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=14
  2. Affected versionversion=15
  3. Affected versionversion=16
  4. Affected versionversion=16-qpr2

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Go standard library · Androidversion=14; version=15; version=16; version=16-qpr2

Published CVSS scores

8.4CISA-ADPCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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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
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-693Protection Mechanism Failure
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

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