Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-25280 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-25280 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-25280?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.8, published 17 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Qualcomm <UNKNOWN>.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-25280?
- 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-2026-25280 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network or with local access, in device firmware.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-25280?
- Check whether you run Qualcomm Cologne, Qualcomm Cologne Firmware, Qualcomm Fastconnect 6700 or one of the others listed. 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 escape handling flow triggered by insufficient user buffer sizes. The attack vector is network or local access depending on the specific Qualcomm component affected. No authentication is typically required to trigger the vulnerability. Successful exploitation can result in memory corruption leading to denial of service, information disclosure, or potentially remote code execution. Qualcomm has published security updates in their September 2026 bulletin addressing this issue.
Affected products
- Qualcomm <UNKNOWN>
Timeline
- 2026-09-17: disclosed