What is CVE-2025-22415?

CVE-2025-22415 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2025-09-04.

How severe is CVE-2025-22415?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Google Android

CVE-2025-22415

In android_app of Android.bp, there is a possible way to launch any activity as a system user. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Published 2025-09-04 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (0.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 0th percentile — 0.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions 14.0, 13, 13.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-266 — Incorrect Privilege Assignment

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/wear/2025-03-01 (Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-22415?: CVE-2025-22415 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2025-09-04.
How severe is CVE-2025-22415?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.