CVE-2025-48626

Published: Dec 8, 2025

Modified: Feb 26, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

In multiple locations, there is a possible way to launch an application from the background due to a precondition check failure. This could lead to remote escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Google	Android	affected `16` affected `15` affected `14` affected `13`

References

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Launcher3/+/7628af9bf77f1d145359bf4075a6674574cae496

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/9fb37191609f7cb7b2374531cafb2d00ec8b4bec

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2025-12-01

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CVE-2025-48626

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