What is CVE-2025-48608?

CVE-2025-48608 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-12-08.

How severe is CVE-2025-48608?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Google Android

CVE-2025-48608

In isValidMediaUri of SettingsProvider.java, there is a possible cross user media read due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2025-12-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (0.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-25.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 0th percentile — 0.0% 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 16-qpr2, 16.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/android-16-qpr2 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-48608?: CVE-2025-48608 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-12-08.
How severe is CVE-2025-48608?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.