PT-2025-43460 · Google · Android

CVE-2025-48566 · Published 2025-10-23 · Updated 2026-07-11

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions versions prior to 2025

Description There is a potential bypass of user profile boundaries through improperly validated forwarded intents. This could allow for local privilege escalation without requiring additional execution privileges or user interaction.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

LPE

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-48566

Affected Products

Android

References · 11

• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/0f3e248787d88154c8592f6e055b6b3586f4877d · Patch
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/modules/IntentResolver/+/4e6cf5285d0b1725fb9141e810050cfdb3fb42fd · Patch
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/28579dff4305f764302d85f95509671eafbf62ac · Patch
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2025-12-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48566 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-48566 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/dailycve/status/1998809623604900132 · Twitter Post
• https://reddit.com/r/S24Ultra/comments/1utknnw/google_play_store_update_for_july_details · Reddit Post
• https://reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/1oe10qe/checking_if_my_android_devices_have_critical_high · Reddit Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1998079600220364848 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/145315 · Telegram Post