CVE-2023-21396: Google Android

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In Activity Manager, there is a possible background activity launch due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with User execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Affected products

• Google Android: before 14.0 (fixed in 14.0)

Published 2023-10-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.