Android Settings Permission Bypass Confused Deputy Local Priv Escalation
CVE-2026-28648 Published on October 5, 2026
In Settings, there is a possible permission bypass due to a confused deputy. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-28648 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Confused Deputy Vulnerability?
The product receives a request, message, or directive from an upstream component, but the product does not sufficiently preserve the original source of the request before forwarding the request to an external actor that is outside of the product's control sphere. This causes the product to appear to be the source of the request, leading it to act as a proxy or other intermediary between the upstream component and the external actor.
CVE-2026-28648 has been classified to as a Confused Deputy vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-28648
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Affected Versions
Google Android:- Version 16-qpr2 is affected.
- Version 16 is affected.
- Version 15 is affected.
- Version 14 is affected.