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CVE-2025-48641: Google Android · Elevation of Privilege

Affects Google AndroidSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.0 High.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 06:59 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.0High
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:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 2 Mar 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: 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 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
GoogleAndroidAffected
  • 14 – 16-qpr2
4 affected builds
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2025-48641, organizations and users should: 1) Monitor Google’s official security advisories and apply patches immediately once they are released for affected Android versions. 2) Restrict local access to devices by enforcing strong physical security controls and limiting the ability of untrusted users to interact with devices. 3) Disable NFC functionality on devices where it is not required to reduce the attack surface. 4) Employ mobile device management (MDM) solutions to enforce security policies, monitor device behavior, and quickly respond to suspicious activities. 5) Educate users about the risks of local privilege escalation and the importance of device security hygiene. 6) Implement runtime protections such as SELinux policies and exploit mitigation technologies that can help prevent exploitation of use-after-free vulnerabilities. 7) Conduct regular security audits and vulnerability assessments on mobile device fleets to identify and remediate potential weaknesses. These steps go beyond generic advice by focusing on reducing local attack vectors and hardening the NFC subsystem exposure until patches are available.

Description

In multiple functions of Nfc.h, there is a possible use after free due to a race condition. 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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