Government has a critical warning for these Android users

The government’s cybersecurity watchdog, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has issued a high-risk security advisory regarding multiple vulnerabilities found in Android systems. These security flaws can allow attackers to gain unauthorised access, execute arbitrary code, and destabilise systems, potentially leading to privilege escalation, data theft, and denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. CERT-In’s advisory (CIVN-2025-0013) also highlighted that one of the vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-53104) is already being actively exploited. CERT-In has also warned that these vulnerabilities have affected Android versions 12, 12L, 13, 14 and 15. Hackers can use these security flaws to target all OEMs and Android users running these versions of the software.