CVE-2023-35677: Google Android

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In onCreate of DeviceAdminAdd.java, there is a possible way to forcibly add a device admin due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local denial of service (factory reset or continuous locking) with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Affected products

• Google Android: version 11.0 only; version 12.0 only; version 12.1 only; version 13.0 only

Published 2023-09-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.