CVE-2025-27599Element X Android vulnerable to loading malicious web pages via received intent

Description

Element X Android is a Matrix Android Client provided by element.io. Prior to version 25.04.2, a crafted hyperlink on a webpage, or a locally installed malicious app, can force Element X up to version 25.04.1 to load a webpage with similar permissions to Element Call and automatically grant it temporary access to microphone and camera. This issue has been patched in version 25.04.2.

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

References and patches

• https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-android/security/advisories/GHSA-m5px-pwq3-4p5m
• https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-android/commit/dc058544d7e693c04298191c1aadd5b39c9be52e
• https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-android/releases/tag/v25.04.2