CVE-2026-55269 is a vulnerability in Google Android
Published on October 5, 2026
In FilterCapturedPacket of snoop_logger.cc, there is a possible memory safety issue due to improper input validation. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-55269 can be exploited 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
Improper Input Validation
The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-55269
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Affected Versions
Google Android:- Version 17 is affected.
- Version 16-qpr2 is affected.
- Version 16 is affected.