CVE-2024-49731 Privilege escalation in Android

What is CVE-2024-49731?

CVE-2024-49731 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 4 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In apk-versions.txt, there is a possible corruption of telemetry opt-in settings on other watches when setting up a new Pixel Watch due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.

Weakness: CWE-266

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-49731?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2024-49731?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-49731 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-49731 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49731 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2026-58704 Google Pixel Improper Authorization Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2025-48543 Android Runtime Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• 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-hfpc-9v44-8wjp.