Android Framework Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Added to KEV
2023-04-13
Federal due date
2023-05-04
Vendor
Android
Product
Framework
EPSS
78.7th percentile (score 0.011, as of 2026-06-08)
NVD CVSS v3.1
Ransomware use
Unknown
Upstream
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20963

CISA short description

Android Framework contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation after updating an app to a higher Target SDK with no additional execution privileges needed.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS percentile is the FIRST.org exploit-probability ranking as of the date noted above; it moves daily. CVSS reflects NVD's analysis at time of publication.