CVE-2026-0073 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2026-0073
Vulnerability Scoring

8.8
/10
Severe Risk

Cybersecurity professionals consider CVE-2026-0073 an immediate threat requiring urgent mitigation.

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity: Low
    Exploits can be performed without significant complexity or special conditions.
  • Attack Vector: Adjacent_network
    Attack Vector Under Analysis
  • Privileges Required: None
    No privileges are required for exploitation.
  • Scope: Unchanged
    Exploit remains within the originally vulnerable component.
  • User Interaction: None
    No user interaction is necessary for exploitation.

CVE-2026-0073 Details

Status: Analyzed

Last updated: 🕢 05 May 2026, 19:54 UTC
Originally published on: 🕕 04 May 2026, 18:16 UTC

Time between publication and last update: 1 days

CVSS Release: version 3

CVSS3 Source

134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

CVSS3 Type

Secondary

CVSS3 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2026-0073 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-0073: In adbd_tls_verify_cert of auth.cpp, there is a possible bypass of wireless ADB mutual authentication due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to remote (proximal/adjacent) code execution as the shell user with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2026-0073

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2026-0073 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2026-0073

With low attack complexity and no required privileges, CVE-2026-0073 is an easy target for cybercriminals. Organizations should prioritize immediate mitigation measures to prevent unauthorized access and data breaches.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2026-0073, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2026-0073, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: High
    Exploiting CVE-2026-0073 can result in unauthorized access to sensitive data, severely compromising data privacy.
  • Integrity: High
    CVE-2026-0073 could allow unauthorized modifications to data, potentially affecting system reliability and trust.
  • Availability: High
    CVE-2026-0073 can disrupt system operations, potentially causing complete denial of service (DoS).

CVE-2026-0073 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-303

CAPEC Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification

  • Reflection Attack in Authentication Protocol CAPEC-90 An adversary can abuse an authentication protocol susceptible to reflection attack in order to defeat it. Doing so allows the adversary illegitimate access to the target system, without possessing the requisite credentials. Reflection attacks are of great concern to authentication protocols that rely on a challenge-handshake or similar mechanism. An adversary can impersonate a legitimate user and can gain illegitimate access to the system by successfully mounting a reflection attack during authentication.

Vulnerable Configurations

  • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:google:android:14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:google:android:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:16.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:google:android:16.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:16.0:qpr2_beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:google:android:16.0:qpr2_beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:16.0:qpr2_beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:google:android:16.0:qpr2_beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:16.0:qpr2_beta_3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:google:android:16.0:qpr2_beta_3:*:*:*:*:*:*

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