CVE-2025-36940 Use after free in Android
A use-after-free in the Fuchsia kernel pager proxy allows attackers to escalate privileges from userspace to kernel mode.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-36940?
CVE-2025-36940 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Google Android, published on 24 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Use-After-Free vulnerability in a zircon kernel pager proxy (Fuchsia), which could lead to a Privilege Escalation from Userspace to Kernel (AP)
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-36940?
How do I fix CVE-2025-36940?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-36940 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2025-36940 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-36940 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c8m2-hm25-9jf6.