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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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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element-hq element-android Affected: < 1.6.34
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