CVE-2025-48648 Denial of service in Android

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A local attacker can cause persistent denial of service in Android via resource exhaustion in NotificationManagerService 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-2025-48648?

CVE-2025-48648 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 1 Jun 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In isSameApp of NotificationManagerService.java, there is a possible persistent dos due to resource exhaustion. This could lead to local 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-2025-48648?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2025-48648?

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-2025-48648 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-48648 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as A-396667508, ASB-A-396667508, GHSA-6795-9hw7-647f.

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