CVE-2026-25255 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Exposed dangerous function lead to privilege escalation via gRPC server.

Published: 2026-09-22

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: n/a

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Qualcomm, Inc.

Snapdragon

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`QSCv1.17.1`	affected	—
`QSCv1.19.1`	affected	—
`QSCv1.21.0`	affected	—
`QPMv3.0.125.4`	affected	—
`QPMv3.0.126.7`	affected	—
`QPMv3.0.127.2`	affected	—

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://docs.qualcomm.com/product/publicresources/securitybulletin/may-2026-bulletin.html

History

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 11:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Exposed dangerous function lead to privilege escalation via gRPC server.
Title		Exposed function in Qualcomm Package Manager and Qualcomm Software Center.
Weaknesses		CWE-749
References		https://docs.qualcomm.com/product/publicresources/securitybulletin/may-2026-bulletin.html
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

Subscriptions

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: qualcomm

Published: 2026-09-22T09:45:14.968Z

Updated: 2026-09-22T10:15:28.059Z

Reserved: 2026-02-02T04:19:00.938Z

Link: CVE-2026-25255

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-22T10:14:35.395Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-22T10:17:08.847

Modified: 2026-09-22T11:17:24.220

Link: CVE-2026-25255

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-749
Exposed Dangerous Method or Function

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