Android Security Alert: Government Warns of Critical Flaws Exposing User Data

Sunday - 29/06/2025 03:30

The Indian CERT-In warns Android users of 'High' severity security flaws in multiple versions of the operating system, including vulnerabilities that could lead to obtaining sensitive information, gaining elevated privileges, executing arbitrary code, and causing denial of service conditions.

The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), operating under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, has issued a high-severity warning for Android users. The alert highlights multiple security vulnerabilities discovered across several versions of the Android operating system.

Android security warning issued by Indian CERT-In

According to the report, these vulnerabilities could allow attackers to access sensitive data, gain elevated privileges, execute arbitrary code, or trigger denial-of-service conditions on affected devices.

Vulnerability Details

The security flaws stem from vulnerabilities within the following Android components:

Framework
System
AMLogic
Arm components
MediaTek components
Qualcomm components
Qualcomm closed-source components

Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities can lead to sensitive information being compromised, unauthorized privilege escalation, execution of malicious code, and service disruptions.