Unauthenticated remote privilege escalation in Android's Bluetooth stack; affects ubiquitous Android devices and can lead to wide impact across organizations.
CVE-2026-28606
Android Bluetooth pairing bypass allows remote privilege escalation without user consent.
Is CVE-2026-28606 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-28606 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.29% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-28606?
CVE-2026-28606 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-28606?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-28606. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-28606 affect?
CVE-2026-28606 affects Android devices, Android Bluetooth stack (AdapterService). Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-28606?
Apply Android security updates immediately; disable Bluetooth where possible.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Remote privilege escalation on Android via Bluetooth pairing bypass; attacker gains elevated privileges without user interaction.
Immediate action required
- affected17
- affected16-qpr2
- affected16
- affected15
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.