In aidl, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege if a malicious actor has already obtained the System privilege. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS11185216; Issue ID: MSV-9039.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00103.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
MediaTek, Inc. MediaTek chipset unaffected
Version Status Constraints
MT6878 affected —
MT6881 affected —
MT6899 affected —
MT6989 affected —
MT6991 affected —
MT6993 affected —
MT8188 affected —
MT8189 affected —
MT8668 affected —
MT8781 affected —
MT8793 affected —
MT8910 affected —

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https://www.mediatek.com/product-security-bulletin/October-2026 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Local privilege escalation in MediaTek AIDL due to missing permission check

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Mediatek, Inc.
Mediatek, Inc. mediatek Chipset
Vendors & Products Mediatek, Inc.
Mediatek, Inc. mediatek Chipset

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Local privilege escalation in MediaTek AIDL due to missing permission check

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 02:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In aidl, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege if a malicious actor has already obtained the System privilege. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS11185216; Issue ID: MSV-9039.
Weaknesses CWE-862
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: MediaTek

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-05T10:53:46.464Z

Reserved: 2025-11-03T01:30:59.035Z

Link: CVE-2026-20535

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-05T10:28:16.315Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-05T02:16:52.393

Modified: 2026-10-05T11:16:51.100

Link: CVE-2026-20535

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Updated: 2026-10-05T13:15:07Z

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