CVE-2026-37525 Privilege escalation in n/a
Attackers can escalate privileges by exploiting a supervision command that nullifies credentials before executing arbitrary API calls.
- 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-2026-37525?
CVE-2026-37525 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 May 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
AGL app-framework-binder (afb-daemon) through v19.90.0 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the supervision Do command. The on_supervision_call function in src/afb-supervision.c explicitly nullifies the request credentials by calling afb_context_change_cred(&xreq->context, NULL) before dispatching an attacker-controlled API call via xapi->itf->call(xapi->closure, xreq). The NULL propagation chain through afb-context.c:110 (context->credentials = afb_cred_addref(NULL)) and afb-cred.c:163 (returns NULL when cred is NULL) confirms that credentials are zeroed before the target API executes. The attacker controls both api and verb parameters via JSON input, allowing execution of any registered API with a NULL credential context. APIs that rely on context->credentials for authorization decisions may fail open when receiving NULL credentials, enabling privilege escalation. This vulnerability was introduced in commit abbb4599f0b921c6f434b6bd02bcfb277eecf745 on 2018-02-14.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-37525?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linuxfoundation Automotive Grade Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2026-37525?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-37525 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-37525 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-37525 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2f7v-pjj3-rvvw.