CVE-2023-20963
Android Framework Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
What is affected
| Vendor | Android |
|---|---|
| Product | Framework |
| Weakness | CWE-295 |
The vulnerability
Android Framework contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation after updating an app to a higher Target SDK with no additional execution privileges needed.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
US federal civilian agencies were required to act by 4 May 2023 under BOD 22-01. The deadline is a compliance date, not a measure of severity — it says nothing about how dangerous the flaw is to anyone else.
Where this comes from
Every field on this page is taken from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, last synced 13 Nov 2026, 03:29. Nothing here is our own assessment. For the technical scoring, see the NVD record below.
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