Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Patched in Android
CVE-2026-0073 affects Android’s System component and it can be exploited without any user interaction. The post Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Patched in Android appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Google announced on Monday the release of an Android update patching a critical vulnerability that can be exploited for remote code execution.
The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-0073, affects Android’s System component, allowing an attacker to exploit it to execute code as the shell user without additional execution privileges. User interaction is not required for exploitation.
The advisory reveals that the issue impacts ‘adbd’ (Android Debug Bridge daemon), a background process running on Android devices that manages communication between the device and a computer, facilitating debugging and shell access.
Source: https://www.securityweek.com/critical-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-patched-in-android-2/
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