Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-22422

High

Published: 02 September 2025

Published
02 September 2025
Modified
04 September 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0010 27.2th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-22422 is a high-severity Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639) vulnerability in Google Android. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 27.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

In multiple locations, there is a possible way to mislead a user into approving an authentication prompt for one app when its result will be used in another due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to…

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local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

CWE(s)
CWE-639

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

google
android
13.0, 14.0, 15.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

AC-24 Access Control Decisions
addresses: CWE-639

Per-request decision making makes it harder to bypass authorization using user-controlled keys without proper validation in the decision process.

AC-3 Access Enforcement
addresses: CWE-639

Consistent enforcement of approved authorizations makes bypassing via user-controlled keys ineffective.

References