CVE-2026-92172 in Meta Horizon OS
Summary
by MITRE • 10/01/2026
Prior to v66.0.0.733.524 of Meta Horizon OS, OVRMediaService could be induced to send a privileged PendingIntent including a com.oculus.horizon CallerIdentity to an arbitrary application registering for com.oculus.systemactivities.SCREENSHOT via a broadcast receiver. That would allow the application to impersonate the com.oculus.horizon package towards any endpoint within the OS that uses CallerIdentity authentication.
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 10/01/2026
The vulnerability identified in Meta Horizon OS versions prior to 66.0.0.733.524 represents a critical flaw in the inter-process communication and privilege management mechanisms of the OVRMediaService component. This issue stems from an improper implementation of Android broadcast receivers, specifically regarding how privileged intents are constructed and dispatched. The core technical failure lies in the service's ability to generate a PendingIntent that carries elevated privileges without adequately verifying the legitimacy or authorization level of the requesting application. By leveraging this flaw, a malicious or compromised third-party application can trigger OVRMediaService to send a broadcast containing a com.oculus.horizon CallerIdentity object. This action is facilitated through the registration for the specific system activity intent filter com.oculus.systemactivities.SCREENSHOT, which acts as an entry point for triggering the vulnerable code path within the media service infrastructure.
The operational impact of this vulnerability is severe due to the nature of the data being exposed and misused. The CallerIdentity object serves as a critical authentication credential within the Meta Horizon OS ecosystem, used by various internal endpoints to verify the identity and trust level of calling applications. When an arbitrary application obtains access to this privileged PendingIntent, it effectively gains the ability to impersonate the official com.oculus.horizon package. This bypasses standard security controls that rely on CallerIdentity for authentication, allowing the attacker to execute actions with the full authority of a system-level or highly trusted component. Such capability can lead to unauthorized data exfiltration, manipulation of media services, potential escalation of privileges within the OS sandbox, and compromise of user privacy by accessing protected resources intended only for official Meta applications.
From a classification perspective, this vulnerability aligns closely with CWE-269, which denotes Improper Privilege Management, as it involves an actor obtaining elevated access levels without proper authorization. It also relates to CWE-749, Exposed Dangerous Method, due to the exposure of sensitive internal mechanisms through broadcast receivers that are not sufficiently restricted. In terms of offensive security frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK for Mobile, this behavior is consistent with techniques involving privilege escalation and abuse of system services or APIs. The exploitation relies on the attacker's ability to register a receiver for specific intents, which maps to initial access vectors where legitimate-looking requests are used to trigger backend logic that mishandles trust boundaries.
Mitigation strategies must focus on tightening the security posture of broadcast receivers and intent handling within OVRMediaService. Developers should implement strict signature-based permissions or UID checks before constructing any PendingIntent that includes sensitive identity objects like CallerIdentity. It is essential to ensure that only applications signed with Meta's official platform keys can trigger these privileged operations. Additionally, restricting the export status of critical components and validating input parameters against a whitelist of allowed actions can prevent arbitrary applications from exploiting this pathway. Regular security audits focusing on inter-process communication patterns are recommended to identify similar flaws where system services inadvertently expose high-privilege capabilities to lower-trust processes.