CVE-2025-27606Element Android PIN autologout bypass

Description

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.

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-android/security/advisories/GHSA-632v-9pm3-m8ch Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/element-hq/element-android/commit/53bd78b05de375c6e6b0b5aa794a56b4ba95984c Patch
• https://github.com/element-hq/element-android/commit/87d7fcdc8036a4db4da8c403f87c73a64a546304 Patch