CVE-2019-2023: Google Android

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In ServiceManager::add function in the hardware service manager, there is an insecure permissions check based on the PID of the caller. This could allow an app to add or replace a HAL service with its own service, gaining code execution in a privileged process.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-8.0 Android-8.1 Android-9Android ID: A-121035042Upstream kernel

Affected products

• Google Android: version 8.0 only; version 8.1 only; version 9.0 only

Published 2019-06-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.