Affects Google Android (widely deployed mobile OS); local kernel privilege escalation can enable device takeover and enterprise compromise if chained.
CVE-2026-59044
Local use-after-free in Android kernel allows privilege escalation without user interaction
Is CVE-2026-59044 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-59044 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.
How severe is CVE-2026-59044?
CVE-2026-59044 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.4. 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-2026-59044?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-59044. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-59044 affect?
CVE-2026-59044 affects Google Android (kernel/common), Android devices running affected kernel versions. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-59044?
Apply Android security updates from vendors immediately
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Local attacker can exploit kernel use-after-free to escalate privileges to root, bypass sandboxes and gain persistent control of device.
Immediate action required
- affectedAndroid kernel
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.
cisa ssvc
- exploitation
- none
- automatable
- no
- technical impact
- total
Assessed by CISA 2 Nov 2026 (SSVC 2.0.3).
timeline
- 2 Nov 2026CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation none
- 2 Nov 2026Published · 1 day later
- 3 Nov 2026CVE record last updated · same day later
- 5 Nov 2026Analysed by vulneraibility.com · 2 days later
- Linkandroid.googlesource.com /kernel/common/+/a4e59da7cad6b445229ae67c0ebed83a7b18dcb5
- Linksource.android.com /docs/security/bulletin/2026/2026-11-01
sources
- CVE List (CVE.org): description, affected versions, references; CVE Terms of Use
- NVD: CVSS and CPE data
- CISA Vulnrichment (ADP): SSVC decision points
- FIRST EPSS: exploit probability and percentile
- Summary, impact and triage tags: written by our AI analysis pipeline from the sources above. Check them against the sources.