{"id":74007,"date":"2025-09-10T21:37:38","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T21:37:38","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-20T15:23:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T21:23:06","slug":"cve-2025-36901-critical-wlan-vulnerability-in-android-affecting-google-pixel-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-36901-critical-wlan-vulnerability-in-android-affecting-google-pixel-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-36901: Critical WLAN Vulnerability in Android Affecting Google Pixel Devices<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A critical vulnerability, recognized as CVE-2025-36901, has been discovered in the WLAN component of Android operating systems in Google Pixel devices. This vulnerability is severe as it permits a malicious attacker to escalate privileges, potentially leading to a full system compromise or data leakage. Given the popularity of Android and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-36904-critical-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-wlan-of-google-pixel-devices\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87751\">Google Pixel<\/a> devices, this flaw could affect a vast user base worldwide. Therefore, understanding the nature of this vulnerability and implementing the necessary countermeasures becomes a matter of utmost urgency to protect against potential exploitation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-36901<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical, CVSS Score 8.8<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: Possible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-22404-potential-system-compromise-due-to-use-after-free-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85621\">system compromise<\/a> and data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-195197622\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Android | Before 2025-09-05<br \/>\nGoogle Pixel | All versions<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CVE-2025-36901 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30127-critical-security-vulnerability-in-marbella-kr8s-dashcam-ff-2-0-8\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81664\">vulnerability exists due to insufficient security<\/a> restrictions within the WLAN component of the Android operating system. This flaw allows an attacker within the same network to manipulate network packets to gain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-55241-azure-entra-elevation-of-privilege-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"86962\">elevated privileges<\/a> on the target device. The attacker could then potentially access sensitive information, modify system settings, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54997-unauthorized-code-execution-in-openbao-through-log-prefix-manipulation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81628\">execute arbitrary code<\/a>, resulting in a potential system compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-392487390\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>A conceptual example of how this vulnerability might be exploited could involve an attacker sending a specially crafted network packet to the vulnerable device. The attacker may utilize a malicious payload to trigger the flaw and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-9062-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-archify-application\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81564\">escalate privileges<\/a> on the target system. Here is an illustrative example using a network packet:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/vulnerable\/endpoint HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\n{ &quot;malicious_payload&quot;: &quot;Exploit_Code_Here&quot; }<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Please note that this is a conceptual representation of the exploit and not an actual exploit code.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Users are strongly advised to apply the patch provided by the vendor as soon as possible. In the absence of a patch, or if immediate patching is not feasible, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can serve as temporary mitigation to prevent potential attacks. However, these measures do not provide a complete solution and are not a substitute for patching the system. Regular updating and patching are the most effective ways to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43728-protection-mechanism-failure-vulnerability-in-dell-thinos\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"90246\">protect against such vulnerabilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview A critical vulnerability, recognized as CVE-2025-36901, has been discovered in the WLAN component of Android operating systems in Google Pixel devices. This vulnerability is severe as it permits a malicious attacker to escalate privileges, potentially leading to a full system compromise or data leakage. Given the popularity of Android and Google Pixel devices, this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[91],"product":[],"attack_vector":[],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-74007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","vendor-google"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74007"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83186,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74007\/revisions\/83186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74007"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=74007"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=74007"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=74007"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=74007"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=74007"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=74007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}