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LineageOS 16.0 and earlier is affected by: Incorrect Access Control.

Priority LOW 30Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Physical
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

LineageOS 16.0 and earlier is affected by: Incorrect Access Control. The impact is: The property checked by `adb root` can also be set in a normal adb shell session. The component is: adb shell (patches to fix this are at https://review.lineageos.org/c/LineageOS/android_system_core/+/234800, https://review.lineageos.org/c/LineageOS/android_device_lineage_sepolicy/+/234799). The attack vector is: When adb is enabled, and an attacker has physical access, `adb shell setprop service.adb.root 1` allows restarting adb as root.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00367 30th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LineageOSLineageOSup to 16.0—No fix listedCNA
  • LineageOS VendorLineageOS Affected up to 16.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:lineageos:lineageos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 16.0VulnerableLineageOS
  • cpe:2.3:o:lineageos:lineageos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 16.0 Vulnerable ·LineageOS

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-1010221
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qj8f-q4w4-3qfp

References

  • TI-2017-04628 The msm_bus_dbg_update_request_write function in… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.2

Sources