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Security fix · CVE-2025-27599

Element X Android is a Matrix Android Client provided by element.io.

Published Apr 18, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 18, 2025 · Element X Android is

Check this week

CVE-2025-27599 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 36.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Element X Android is.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (Element X Android is).
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium6.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
36.00%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor element-hq element-x-android < 25.04.2

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor element-hq element-x-android < 25.04.2< 25.04.2

How to fix CVE-2025-27599

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2025-27599 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 36.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Element X Android is.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with element-hq element-x-android < 25.04.2 < 25.04.2. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 36.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Apr 18, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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.

  2. Apr 18, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-27599

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-11862

    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 automati

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.