CVE-2025-48626
In multiple locations, there is a possible way to launch an application from the background due to a precondition check failure. This could lead to remote escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.8 (v3.1)
- Severity
- CRITICAL
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-693
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (30th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2025-201743)
- Published
- December 8, 2025
- NVD last modified
- October 7, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2025-201743 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on February 26, 2026.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- google / android
- google / android
- google / android
- google / android
Certified products that may be affected
3 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Google Pixel Devices on Android 15 - Google LLC - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11545-2025 - active
- Google Pixel Devices on Android 14 - Google LLC - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11419-2024 - archived
- Google Pixel Devices on Android 13 - Google LLC - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-11317-2023 - archived
References
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/9fb37191609f7cb7b2374531cafb2d00ec8b4bec(Patch, Product)
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Launcher3/+/7628af9bf77f1d145359bf4075a6674574cae496(Patch, Product)
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2025-12-01(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated October 9, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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