Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-25263 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-25263 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-25263?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.6, published 6 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Qualcomm Kernel driver.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-25263?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-25263 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in device firmware.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-25263?
- Check whether you run Qualcomm Kernel driver. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The vulnerability is a memory corruption flaw in the kernel's IOCTL command handler that fails to properly validate parameters passed from user space. The attack requires local access to trigger the vulnerable code path. Successful exploitation could lead to denial of service or privilege escalation depending on the memory corruption outcome.
Affected products
- Qualcomm Kernel driver
Timeline
- 2026-10-06: disclosed