CVE-2022-2390 — play-services-basement
MEDIUMCVE-2022-2390 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.1) CWE-471 vulnerability in com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement. A fix is available for com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Google Play Services SDK leads to apps having incorrectly set mutability flag
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2022-2390.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
Where this sits among everything scored
Real-World Exposure
com.google.android.gms:play-services-basementReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Maven packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Apps developed with Google Play Services SDK incorrectly had the mutability flag set to PendingIntents that were passed to the Notification service. As Google Play services SDK is so widely used, this bug affects many applications. For an application affected, this bug will let the attacker, gain the access to all non-exported providers and/or gain the access to other providers the victim has permissions. We recommend upgrading to version 18.0.2 of the Play Service SDK as well as rebuilding and redeploying apps.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☕Maven | com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement | all versions | 18.0.2com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement:18.0.2 |
Affected Products
google play services software development kitgoogleDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement to 18.0.2 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2022-2390 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2022-2390 in your dependencies?
Find it across Maven, including transitive dependencies.