# CVE-2025-27606: Element Android PIN autologout bypass

- Severity: CVSS 5.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.6.34
- Published: 2025-03-14 · Updated: 2025-03-14

## Affected

- element-hq element-android: fixed in 1.6.34

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on element-hq element-android, upgrade to a fixed version (1.6.34) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

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

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