What is CVE-2025-36891?

CVE-2025-36891 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-09-04.

How severe is CVE-2025-36891?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Google Android

CVE-2025-36891

Elevation of privilege

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (11.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-05.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 11th percentile — 11.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions Android kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2025-09-01 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-36891?: CVE-2025-36891 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-09-04.
How severe is CVE-2025-36891?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.