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CVE-2026-5804: Motorola Phones · CWE‑306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Affects Motorola PhonesSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.4 High : upgrade to 2026-04-05 soon.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 11:52 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
8.4High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 23% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 2026-04-05
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 19 May 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 30 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade Motorola Phones to 2026-04-05.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
MotorolaPhonesAffected
  • <2026-04-05
Fixed in
  • 2026-04-05

AI-suggested

If you cannot patch yet, restrict installation of untrusted local applications and limit physical or local access to the device to reduce risk.

Description

An improper authentication vulnerability was discovered in the Motorola Factory Test component (com.motorola.motocit). The application contained a reference to a writable file descriptor in external storage which could be used by third party apps running on the device to open a TCP server, exposing sensitive permissions and data. This could allow a local attacker to bypass permission checks and access protected device settings.

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