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CVE-2022-20117

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-20117 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting the Android kernel, specifically related to improperly used cryptography within the GSC that could allow local data decryption. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 5.5, indicating a low attack complexity and no user interaction required, leading to potential local information disclosure. While there is no known public exploit code or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, with reports of Google patching an actively exploited Android kernel vulnerability, though it is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.07%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
0.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0008 is in the 1st percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

source.android.com / security/bulletin/pixel/2022-05-01
Vendor Advisory