CVE-2026-58704 — Android
HIGHCVE-2026-58704 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) CWE-285 vulnerability in google android. It is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2026-09-16) — treat it as actively exploited and patch now. No vendor fix is recorded yet; mitigation options are listed below.
In Cellular Modem, there is a possible permission bypass due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to remote (proximal/adjacent) escalation of privilege with no additional execution…
Exploitation Status
Actively exploited in the wild
- Confirmed by CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-09-16. Federal agencies were required to remediate by 2026-09-19.
- A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA (KEV catalog and SSVC triage) for CVE-2026-58704.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2026-58704 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 384,189 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Description
In Cellular Modem, there is a possible permission bypass due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to remote (proximal/adjacent) escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
Affected Products
androidgoogleDetection & mitigation playbook
Vendor / applianceDetect
Inventory every google android deployment and check each version against the affected-products list above.
Remediation status
No patch has shipped for CVE-2026-58704 yet — track the google android advisory for a fixed release and apply the workarounds below in the meantime.
Mitigate without a patch
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. Alongside that, restrict the management interface to trusted networks and apply the vendor's recommended configuration mitigations.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2026-58704 being exploited in your environment?
Detect and block the exploit chain at execution, on systems you cannot patch yet.