CVE-2022-20246 Auth bypass in Android

What is CVE-2022-20246?

CVE-2022-20246 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Google Android, published on 11 Aug 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In WindowManager, there is a possible bypass of the restrictions for starting activities from the background due to an incorrect UID/permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-13Android ID: A-230493191

Weakness: CWE-276

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-20246?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2022-20246?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-20246 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2022-20246 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-20246 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

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• OSV
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Also known as GHSA-65w4-3m8r-grwj.