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FKIE_CVE-2025-27599

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-04-18 16:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 09:03
Severity
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
Element X Android is a Matrix Android Client provided by element.io. Prior to version 25.04.2, a crafted hyperlink on a webpage, or a locally installed malicious app, can force Element X up to version 25.04.1 to load a webpage with similar permissions to Element Call and automatically grant it temporary access to microphone and camera. This issue has been patched in version 25.04.2.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/element-hq/element-x-android/commit/dc058544d7e693c04298191c1aadd5b39c9be52e
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/element-hq/element-x-android/releases/tag/v25.04.2
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/element-hq/element-x-android/security/advisories/GHSA-m5px-pwq3-4p5m
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T09:03:53.367",
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