CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-0115

Improper Protection of Physical Side Channels

Published: Mar 10, 2026 | Modified: Mar 11, 2026
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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In Trusted Execution Environment, there is a possible key leak due to side channel information disclosure. This could lead to physical information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.

Weakness

The device does not contain sufficient protection mechanisms to prevent physical side channels from exposing sensitive information due to patterns in physically observable phenomena such as variations in power consumption, electromagnetic emissions (EME), or acoustic emissions.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
AndroidGoogle- (including)- (including)

Extended Description

An adversary could monitor and measure physical phenomena to detect patterns and make inferences, even if it is not possible to extract the information in the digital domain. Physical side channels have been well-studied for decades in the context of breaking implementations of cryptographic algorithms or other attacks against security features. These side channels may be easily observed by an adversary with physical access to the device, or using a tool that is in close proximity. If the adversary can monitor hardware operation and correlate its data processing with power, EME, and acoustic measurements, the adversary might be able to recover of secret keys and data.

Potential Mitigations

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