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CVE-2025-27606

An attacker with physical access to a device can exploit this to guess the PIN.

MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 0.19%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.19%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.1: 4.6 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS: 0.19% probability · 8th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-488
Affected: element/element
Source: security-advisories@github.com

References

https://github.com/element-hq/element-android/commit/53bd78b05de375c6e6b0b5aa794a56b4ba95984cPatch
https://github.com/element-hq/element-android/commit/87d7fcdc8036a4db4da8c403f87c73a64a546304Patch
https://github.com/element-hq/element-android/security/advisories/GHSA-632v-9pm3-m8chVendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.