CVE-2023-38450 Missing authorization in SC9832E/SC9863A/T606/T612/T616/T610/T618

What is CVE-2023-38450?

CVE-2023-38450 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Google Android, published on 4 Sep 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In vowifiservice, there is a possible missing permission check.This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-38450?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2023-38450?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-38450 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2023-38450 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-38450 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2023-35674 Android Framework Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2025-48595 Android Framework Integer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2024-32896 Android Pixel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.1

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-3f44-4jr2-wjvp.