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CVE-2025-36919: Google Android · Elevation of Privilege

Affects Google AndroidSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.8 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.07% 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:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 11 Dec 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 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2025-36919, organizations and users should: 1) Monitor for and apply official security patches from Google or device manufacturers as soon as they become available, as patching the kernel is the definitive fix. 2) Restrict local access to devices by enforcing strong authentication and limiting physical access to trusted personnel only. 3) Employ mobile device management (MDM) solutions to enforce security policies, including disabling unnecessary local debugging or developer modes that could facilitate local exploitation. 4) Use application whitelisting and sandboxing to reduce the risk that malicious apps can gain local code execution needed to exploit the vulnerability. 5) Conduct regular security audits and monitoring for unusual privilege escalations or kernel-level anomalies on Android devices. 6) Educate users about the risks of installing untrusted applications or granting excessive permissions that could enable local code execution. 7) For organizations with high security requirements, consider deploying endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools capable of detecting exploitation attempts targeting kernel vulnerabilities. These steps go beyond generic advice by focusing on limiting local access vectors and preparing for rapid patch deployment.

Description

In aocc_read of aoc_channel_dev.c, there is a possible double free due to improper locking. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

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