Element Android

Description

Element Android is an Android Matrix Client provided by Element.

Product name

element-android

Related organization

New Vector Ltd

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CVE-2025-27606 (GCVE-0-2025-27606)
Vulnerability from
Published
2025-03-14 16:56
Modified
2025-03-14 18:11
CWE
  • CWE-488 - Exposure of Data Element to Wrong Session
Summary
Element Android is an Android Matrix Client provided by Element. Element Android up to version 1.6.32 can, under certain circumstances, fail to logout the user if they input the wrong PIN more than the configured amount of times. An attacker with physical access to a device can exploit this to guess the PIN. Version 1.6.34 solves the issue.
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