CVE-2025-26429 Denial of service in Android
A local attacker can cause permanent denial of service in Android via improper input validation in AppOpsService without user interaction.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-26429?
CVE-2025-26429 is a medium-severity denial of service 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 collectOps of AppOpsService.java, there is a possible way to cause permanent DoS due to improper input validation. This could lead to local denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-26429?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2025-26429?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2025-26429 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-26429 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as A-372678095, ASB-A-372678095, GHSA-w655-fw42-gqw2.