Vulnerability · Published Mar 2, 2026 · Assigned by google_android

CVE-2025-48636

High 8.4

In plain English

A high-severity path traversal in Android from Google. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 1% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.4High
Exploit odds (30 days)<0.1%top 99.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In openFile of BugreportContentProvider.java, there is a possible way to read and write unauthorized files due to a path traversal error. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Google Android 16

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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