CVE-2025-26463 Denial of service in Android
Local attackers can cause persistent denial of service by exhausting resources through repeated package access additions in Android.
- 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-2025-26463?
CVE-2025-26463 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 allowPackageAccess of multiple files, resource exhaustion is possible when repeatedly adding allowed packages. This could lead to a local persistent denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-26463?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2025-26463?
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-2025-26463 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-26463 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as A-303227969, ASB-A-303227969, GHSA-342p-69x7-757j.