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Unauthorized bootloader write via partition processing cryptographic issue in Qualcomm
IdentifiersCVE-2026-24088CWE-306· Missing Authentication for…
CVE-2026-24088 is a Qualcomm vulnerability disclosed in the June 2026 security bulletin. Qualcomm describes it as a cryptographic issue that occurs while processing a specific partition and that allows unauthorized write access to load a customized bootloader. Based on the available information, the flaw affects the integrity checks or cryptographic handling associated with that partition, enabling modification of boot-related content despite expected protections. Qualcomm mapped the issue to CWE-306. No further technical detail about the exact component, partition name, or vulnerable function is currently available.
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ANALYST BRIEF
Impact, mitigation & remediation
What it means. What to do now. Patch path, mitigations, and the assume-compromise checklist.
Impact
What an attacker gets, and what they’ve been doing with it.
Successful exploitation can allow an attacker with local access and high privileges to obtain unauthorized write access sufficient to load a customized bootloader. This can undermine secure boot or boot-chain trust assumptions and may enable persistent compromise of the device at an early boot stage. Qualcomm's published CVSS v3.1 vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H) indicates high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with changed scope.
Mitigation
If you can’t patch tonight, do this now.
Until patches are applied, reduce exposure by restricting privileged local access, preventing unauthorized firmware or partition modification workflows, enforcing strong controls around bootloader and partition update mechanisms, and maintaining device lock and secure boot configurations where supported. Operationally, limit debugging, service, or maintenance paths that could permit privileged local modification of boot-related partitions. Specific vendor mitigation guidance beyond this is not available in the provided content.
Remediation
Patch, then assume compromise.
Apply the fixes provided by Qualcomm in the June 2026 security bulletin and integrate the corresponding vendor patches into affected products and firmware builds. Because the issue affects bootloader-loading integrity during partition processing, remediation should include updating all affected boot-chain components and validating that patched images are correctly deployed through OEM or device-vendor update channels. No more specific remediation details are available in the provided content.
PUBLIC EXPLOITS
Exploits
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EXPOSURE SURFACE
Affected products & vendors
Products and vendors Mallory has correlated with this vulnerability. Open in Mallory to drill down to specific CPE configurations and version ranges.
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QualcommAr9380 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommCsr8811 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommFastconnect 6200 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommFastconnect 6700 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommFastconnect 6900 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommFastconnect 7800 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommG1 Gen 1 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommG2 Gen 1 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommG3x Gen 2 Firmwareoperating_system
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QualcommImmersive Home 216 Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommImmersive Home 316 Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommImmersive Home 318 Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommIpq4018 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommIpq4019 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommIpq4028 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommIpq4029 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommIpq5010 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommIpq6010 Firmwareoperating_system
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QualcommKalpeni Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommLemans Au Lgit Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommLemansau Firmwareoperating_system
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QualcommMilos Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommMilos Iot Firmwareoperating_system
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QualcommNetrani Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommNetworking Pro 1200 Platform Firmwareoperating_system
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QualcommNetworking Pro 1610 Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommNetworking Pro 400 Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommNetworking Pro 600 Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommNetworking Pro 610 Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommNetworking Pro 800 Platform Firmwareoperating_system
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QualcommQam8295p Firmwareoperating_system
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QualcommQca4024 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQca6174a Firmwareoperating_system
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QualcommQca6564a Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQca6564au Firmwareoperating_system
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QualcommQca6595au Firmwareoperating_system
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QualcommQca7500 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQca8075 Firmwareoperating_system
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QualcommQca8695au Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQca9367 Firmwareoperating_system
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QualcommQca9898 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQca9980 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQca9984 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQca9985 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQca9990 Firmwareoperating_system
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QualcommQca9994 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQcm2290 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQcm4325 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQcm5430 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQcm6125 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQcm6490 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQcm8838 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQcn5022 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQcn5024 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQcn5052 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQcn5122 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQcn5124 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQcn5152 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQcn5154 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQcn5164 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQcn6023 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQcn6024 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQcn9000 Firmwareoperating_system
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QualcommQcn9024 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQcn9070 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQcn9100 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQcs2290 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQcs4290 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQcs6690 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQep8111 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQln1083bd Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQln1086bd Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQmb715 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQmp1000 Firmwareoperating_system
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QualcommQpa1086bd Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQualcomm 215 Mobile Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQxm1093 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQxm1094 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQxm1095 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommQxm1096 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSa7255p Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSa7775p Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSa8255p Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSa8295p Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSa8620p Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSa8770p Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSa9000p Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSar2130p Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSc8380xp Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSd 8 Gen1 5g Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSd626 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSd662 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSd865 5g Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSdr753 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSm4850 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSm4850p Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSm6225p Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSm6450p Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSm6475p Firmwareoperating_system
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QualcommSm6650p Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSm6850 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSm7435 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSm7435p Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSm7525 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSm7550 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSm7550p Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSm7635p Firmwareoperating_system
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QualcommSm8475p Firmwareoperating_system
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QualcommSm8635 Firmwareoperating_system
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QualcommSm8650q Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSm8735p Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSm8750p Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSm8845p Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSmart Display 200 Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSnapdragon 4 Gen 1 Mobile Platform Firmwareoperating_system
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QualcommSnapdragon 460 Mobile Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSnapdragon 480 5g Mobile Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSnapdragon 480+ 5g Mobile Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSnapdragon 6 Gen 1 Mobile Platform Firmwareoperating_system
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QualcommSnapdragon 6 Gen 4 Mobile Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSnapdragon 625 Mobile Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSnapdragon 626 Mobile Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSnapdragon 662 Mobile Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSnapdragon 680 4g Mobile Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSnapdragon 685 4g Mobile Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSnapdragon 695 5g Mobile Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSnapdragon 7 Gen 1 Mobile Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSnapdragon 7 Gen 4 Mobile Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSnapdragon 7+ Gen 2 Mobile Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSnapdragon 7s Gen 3 Mobile Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSnapdragon 8 Elite Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSnapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSnapdragon 8 Gen 1 Mobile Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSnapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSnapdragon 8 Gen 3 Mobile Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSnapdragon 8+ Gen 1 Mobile Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSnapdragon 8+ Gen 2 Mobile Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSnapdragon 820 Automotive Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSnapdragon Ar1 Gen 1 Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSnapdragon W5+ Gen 1 Wearable Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSnapdragon Wear Elite Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSnapdragon X32 5g Modem-Rf System Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSnapdragon X35 5g Modem-Rf System Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSnapdragon X5 Lte Modem Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSnapdragon Xr2 5g Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSnapdragon Xr2+ Gen 1 Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSrv1h Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSrv1m Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSw5100 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSw5100p Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSxr2230p Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSxr2250p Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSxr2330p Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommSxr2350p Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommThemisto Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommVideo Collaboration Vc1 Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommVideo Collaboration Vc3 Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommVideo Collaboration Vc5 Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommVision Intelligence 100 Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommVision Intelligence 200 Platform Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommWcd9326 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommWcd9340 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommWcd9370 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommWcd9371 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommWcd9375 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommWcd9378 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommWcd9380 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommWcd9385 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommWcd9390 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommWcd9395 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommWcn3615 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommWcn3660b Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommWcn3680b Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommWcn3910 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommWcn3950 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommWcn3980 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommWcn3988 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommWcn6450 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommWcn6650 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommWcn6755 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommWcn7760 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommWcn7860 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommWcn7861 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommWcn7880 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommWcn7881 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommWsa8810 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommWsa8815 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommWsa8830 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommWsa8832 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommWsa8835 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommWsa8840 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommWsa8845 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommWsa8845h Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommWsa8850 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommWsa8850w Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommWsa8855c Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommX1e80100 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommXrv7209 Firmwareoperating_system
QualcommXrv9209 Firmwareoperating_system
Vendor-confirmed product mapping. Mallory continuously reconciles this list against your asset inventory.
ACTIVITY FEED
Recent activity
8 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
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Threat actor evidence
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Associated malware
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Detection signatures
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Vendor-by-vendor mapping
Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.
Social activity7
Community discussion across Reddit, Mastodon, and other social sources.