Google Issues Patches for Critical Android Flaw That Could Allow RCE Without User Interaction

A critical Android flaw could allow an attacker to run code on a phone without any user action remotely, Google said in its November security bulletin. The flaw, CVE-2026-58868, affects Android 14 through 17.
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