CVE-2022-20458 Information disclosure in Android
An attacker with log access can read sensitive user account names from Android system logs due to improper logging in the notification listener.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-20458?
CVE-2022-20458 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 24 Jan 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The logs of sensitive information (PII) or hardware identifier should only be printed in Android "userdebug" or "eng" build. StatusBarNotification.getKey() could contain sensitive information. However, CarNotificationListener.java, it prints out the StatusBarNotification.getKey() directly in logs, which could contain user's account name (i.e. PII), in Android "user" build.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-12LAndroid ID: A-205567776
Weakness: CWE-532
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-20458?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2022-20458?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-20458 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-20458 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-20458 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m5r4-qhx5-2g4c.