CVE-2025-27606 (GCVE-0-2025-27606)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-14 16:56 – Updated: 2025-03-14 18:11
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Title
Element Android PIN autologout bypass
Summary
Element Android is an Android Matrix Client provided by Element. Element Android up to version 1.6.32 can, under certain circumstances, fail to logout the user if they input the wrong PIN more than the configured amount of times. An attacker with physical access to a device can exploit this to guess the PIN. Version 1.6.34 solves the issue.
Severity ?
5.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-488 - Exposure of Data Element to Wrong Session
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
element-hq element-android Affected: < 1.6.34
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