---
title: "CVE-2026-55280: Multiple Products - Privilege Escalation"
description: "Multiple products contain an out-of-bounds write caused by uninitialized data, letting remote attackers escalate privileges without additional execution rights, exploit requires no user interaction."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-55280/
---

# CVE-2026-55280 Multiple Products - Privilege Escalation

Multiple products contain an out-of-bounds write caused by uninitialized data, letting remote attackers escalate privileges without additional execution rights, exploit requires no user interaction.

CVSS base score 8.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.23% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55280)

## Details

Type

Privilege Escalation

Impact

Privilege Escalation

CVSS vector

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

Published

5 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-457](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/457.html)

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55280](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55280)
- [https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2026/2026-10-01](https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2026/2026-10-01)

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