# CVE-2025-9673: Kakao 헤이카카오 Hey Kakao App com.kakao.i.connect AndroidManifest.xml improper export of android application components

> Local attackers can exploit improperly exported Android components in the Hey Kakao app to bypass security restrictions.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **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:** No
- **Published:** 29 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 29 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jfvj-x4v5-jgqr

## What is CVE-2025-9673?

CVE-2025-9673 is a medium-severity vulnerability in 헤이카카오 Hey Kakao App, published on 29 Aug 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was detected in Kakao 헤이카카오 Hey Kakao App up to 2.17.4 on Android. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file AndroidManifest.xml of the component com.kakao.i.connect. The manipulation results in improper export of android application components. The attack requires a local approach. The exploit is now public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Weakness: CWE-926 (Improper Export of Android Application Components)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-9673?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-9673?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-9673 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-9673 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-9673 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-9673 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-9673 is a medium-severity vulnerability in 헤이카카오 Hey Kakao App, published on 29 Aug 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-9673 exists.

Affected product: 헤이카카오 Hey Kakao App. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9673/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9673/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-9673
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9673
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-9673

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9673/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.