CVE-2025-48577
Published: 02 March 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-48577 is a high-severity Race Condition (CWE-362) vulnerability in Google Android. Its CVSS base score is 7.4 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 0.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-11 (Device Lock) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-48577 is a vulnerability affecting multiple functions in KeyguardViewMediator.java within Android, where a race condition (CWE-362) enables a possible lockscreen bypass. This flaw could result in local escalation of privilege without needing additional execution privileges or user interaction. The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.4 (AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) and was published on 2026-03-02T19:16:26.207.
A local attacker with no privileges (PR:N) can exploit this issue by leveraging the race condition to bypass the lockscreen, achieving high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). Exploitation requires local access (AV:L) and high attack complexity (AC:H), but no user interaction (UI:N) is necessary.
The Android security bulletin at https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2026/2026-03-01 details mitigation, including patches for affected versions.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-208201
Vulnerability details
In multiple functions of KeyguardViewMediator.java, there is a possible lockscreen bypass due to a race condition. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
Race condition enables unauthenticated local privilege escalation via lockscreen bypass, directly matching exploitation for privilege escalation.
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Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly enforces the lockscreen access control policy that the race condition in KeyguardViewMediator.java is designed to bypass.
Implements device lock behavior whose functions are subverted by the race condition allowing lockscreen bypass.
Requires a tamper-proof reference monitor to mediate all access attempts, mitigating the impact of the race condition on lock enforcement.