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High · 8.6 CVE-2026-68928 EUVD-2026-83444

Acode: Exported TerminalService (bundled terminal plugin) lets any installed app execute arbitrary shell commands as Acode

Published Sep 18, 2026 · Updated Sep 21, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Acode is a powerful text and code editor for Android. From 1.11.6 until 1.12.7, com.foxdebug.acode.rk.exec.terminal.TerminalService is declared as an exported service in src/plugins/terminal/plugin.xml without a binding permission, and src/plugins/terminal/src/android/TerminalService.java does not verify the caller. Any installed Android application can bind the service and send MSG_EXEC with an attacker-controlled cmd value, which the terminal implementation passes to ProcessBuilder with sh -c inside Acode's UID. This allows a zero-permission local application to execute commands with access to Acode private data, remote credentials, Storage Access Framework grants, and runtime permissions without additional interaction at attack time. This issue is fixed in version 1.12.7.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Acode-Foundation Acode >= 1.11.6, < 1.12.7 —

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