CVE-2026-49883: Critical severity Unknown PermissionsManager vulnerability

Published Sep 8, 2026

Updated

In checkReadPermission of PermissionsManager.java, there is a possible way to monitor sensitive device state data 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.

Affected Software

4 affected components

Unknown PermissionsManager

Google Android=14.0

Google Android=16.0

Google Android=17.0

Event History

Sep 8, 2026

CVE Published

via MITRE·07:10 PM

Data Sourced

via MITRE·07:10 PM

Description

Data Sourced

via NVD·08:17 PM

DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software

CVSS Score

10.0Critical

Critical Severity

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Security Metrics

Risk Score87

Severitycritical(10)

CWE

269

Timeline

PublishedSep 8, 2026

Updated

References

https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/wear/2026/2026-09-01

Company

Resources

Contact

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