# CVE-2026-44965: Missing authorization in Android App

> A malicious app can brute-force widget IDs to launch exported activities, exposing live infrastructure data via a visual side channel.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p6pw-xx6v-j4hh

## What is CVE-2026-44965?

CVE-2026-44965 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Datadog Android App, published on 7 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

In versions of the Datadog Android application prior to v545-5.9.2, six App Widget configuration activities (IncidentWidgetActivity, MonitorSavedViewWidgetActivity, OnCallShiftsWidgetActivity, OnCallPagesWidgetActivity, SloWidgetActivity, DashboardWidgetActivity) are exported with no permission guard. Each accepts a caller-supplied AppWidgetManager.EXTRA_APPWIDGET_ID and, when no deep-link destination is resolved, uses it to load the matching widget's stored session and automatically log in as that user. Because Android widget IDs are small sequential integers, a co-installed application can brute-force this value to find one that matches a widget configured on the victim's device.
This requires:
A malicious application co-installed on the victim's device.
At least one of the six widgets configured on the victim's home screen.
An active Datadog session cached locally.
Impact: The matching configuration activity opens in the foreground under the victim's session and renders live infrastructure data. Exposure is limited to a visual side channel (e.g., screen recording or accessibility services); the calling application cannot programmatically read the rendered data.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-44965?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-44965?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-44965 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-44965 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-44965 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-44965 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-44965 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Datadog Android App, published on 7 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-44965 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Datadog Android 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-2026-44965/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-44965/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44965
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44965
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-44965

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-44965/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.