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CVE-2025-22417VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2025-22417: Google Android · Elevation of privilege

Affects Google AndroidSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.3 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.3High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.08% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 0% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 2 Sep 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Google AndroidAffected
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Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Organizations and users should monitor for official patches from Google and apply them promptly once available. Until patches are released, users should be educated about the risks of tapjacking and advised to avoid interacting with suspicious overlays or applications requesting unexpected input. Employing mobile device management (MDM) solutions to restrict installation of untrusted applications can reduce exposure. Enabling security features such as screen overlay detection and restricting apps from drawing over other apps can mitigate exploitation vectors. Developers should review and harden UI components to prevent overlay attacks. Regular security awareness training focusing on social engineering and tapjacking techniques can reduce successful exploitation. Additionally, monitoring device behavior for unusual privilege escalations or unauthorized actions can help detect exploitation attempts early.

Description

In finishTransition of Transition.java, there is a possible way to bypass touch filtering restrictions due to a tapjacking/overlay attack. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.

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