CVE-2025-26436

Published: Sep 4, 2025

Modified: Feb 26, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

In clearAllowBgActivityStarts of PendingIntentRecord.java, there is a possible way for an application to launch an activity from the background due to BAL Bypass. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Google	Android	affected `15` affected `14` affected `13`

References

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/bba26504af51d2dd3b8eddeb96e59cac8fcb9070

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/ccba6717779fea0a86b6326f9925c36fc837738c

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2025-05-01

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CVE-2025-26436

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