CVE-2026-92172 Privilege escalation in Meta Horizon OS
An attacker can impersonate the Horizon package to bypass CallerIdentity authentication and escalate privileges within Meta Horizon OS.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-92172?
CVE-2026-92172 is a high-severity vulnerability in Meta Horizon OS, published on 30 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Prior to v66.0.0.733.524 of Meta Horizon OS, OVRMediaService could be induced to send a privileged PendingIntent including a com.oculus.horizon CallerIdentity to an arbitrary application registering for com.oculus.systemactivities.SCREENSHOT via a broadcast receiver. That would allow the application to impersonate the com.oculus.horizon package towards any endpoint within the OS that uses CallerIdentity authentication.
Weakness: CWE-923
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-92172?
How do I fix CVE-2026-92172?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-92172 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-92172 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-92172 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jg3q-pm4q-v527.