CVE-2026-0069 Denial of service in Android
A local attacker can cause a denial of service via resource exhaustion in Android's APK checksum verification 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-0069?
CVE-2026-0069 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 verifySignature of ApkChecksums.java, there is a possible way to cause a crash 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-2026-0069?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2026-0069?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-0069 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
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-2026-0069 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-0069 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qqc5-phf9-g9fv.