CVE-2025-24805 Local Privilege Escalation in MobSF

High 8.5 Published Updated

Local attackers can escalate privileges by using access tokens for unauthorized scopes in MobSF. Users should upgrade to the latest version.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2025-24805?

CVE-2025-24805 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mobile-Security-Framework-MobSF, published on 5 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Mobile Security Framework (MobSF) is an automated, all-in-one mobile application (Android/iOS/Windows) pen-testing, malware analysis and security assessment framework. A local user with minimal privileges is able to make use of an access token for materials for scopes which it should not be accepted. This issue has been addressed in version 4.3.1 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-24805?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including mobsf. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
mobsf PyPIAll versions4.3.1
mobsf PyPIAll versions4.3.1
mobsf PyPIAll versions4.3.1

Products include Opensecurity Mobile Security Framework.

How do I fix CVE-2025-24805?

Upgrade mobsf to 4.3.1 or later.

Is CVE-2025-24805 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-24805 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-79f6-p65j-3m2m, PYSEC-2026-1667.

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