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title: "CVE-2026-28624: Affected product - Privilege Escalation"
description: "Affected product contains a local privilege escalation caused by confused deputy leading to improper file read/write permissions, letting local attackers escalate privileges without additional execution rights, exploit requires no user interaction."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-28624/
---

# CVE-2026-28624 Affected product - Privilege Escalation

Affected product contains a local privilege escalation caused by confused deputy leading to improper file read/write permissions, letting local attackers escalate privileges without additional execution rights, exploit requires no user interaction.

CVSS base score 7.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.09% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-28624)

## Details

Type

Privilege Escalation

Impact

Privilege Escalation, File System Read, File System Write

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

8 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-441](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/441.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version with proper permission checks.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-28624](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-28624)
- [https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2026/2026-09-01](https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2026/2026-09-01)

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- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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