Local privilege escalation via split-transition overlay
Published Jun 1, 2026 · Updated Jun 1, 2026
Tapjacking in Android 14, 15, 16, and 16 QPR2 allows local users to elevate privileges through a malformed split-screen transition. StageCoordinator.startAnimation mishandles consecutive task launches when an adjacent launch shares a transition whose trigger is the first task, allowing the default handler to display the adjacent task outside split screen. A low-privileged local context can exploit the resulting overlay without user interaction and obtain elevated privileges.
Summary
What happened
Tapjacking in Android 14, 15, 16, and 16 QPR2 allows local users to elevate privileges through a malformed split-screen transition. StageCoordinator.startAnimation mishandles consecutive task launches when an adjacent launch shares a transition whose trigger is the first task, allowing the default handler to display the adjacent task outside split screen. A low-privileged local context can exploit the resulting overlay without user interaction and obtain elevated privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-0036
- Published
- Jun 1, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 1, 2026
- Vendor
- Go standard library
- Product
- Android
- Classifications
- CWE-1021
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
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- Jun 1, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 1, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=14
- Affected versionversion=15
- Affected versionversion=16
- Affected versionversion=16-qpr2
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