Qualcomm vulnerabilities & exploitation

Exploitation timeline

Threadlinqs has recorded 5 Qualcomm CVEs published between 2024-10-15 and 2026-09-15. The busiest month was 2024-10 (1 new CVE). 3 of them (60%) are listed in CISA KEV, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed.

Most exploited vulnerabilities

Ranked with CISA KEV listings first, then EPSS exploit probability, then CVSS score. Showing 5 of 5 tracked Qualcomm CVEs.

• CVE-2026-21385high 7.8KEVEPSS 1.3%2026-03-02
• CVE-2025-27038high 7.5KEVEPSS 1%2025-06-03
• CVE-2024-43047high 7.8KEVEPSS 0.7%2024-10-07
• CVE-2026-22104critical 9.8EPSS 0.5%2026-02-20
• CVE-2026-25262medium 6.9EPSS 0.1%2026-09-22

Products affected

Threadlinqs normalises CPE and CNA product records across all 5 CVEs; 402 distinct Qualcomm products are affected. The most frequently affected (top 20):

• Snapdragon 3 CVEs
• 215 Mobile Platform 1 CVE
• 215 Mobile Platform Firmware 1 CVE
• 5g Fixed Wireless Access Platform 1 CVE
• 5g Fixed Wireless Access Platform Firmware 1 CVE
• Apq8098 1 CVE
• Apq8098 Firmware 1 CVE
• Ar8031 1 CVE
• Ar8031 Firmware 1 CVE
• Ar8035 1 CVE
• Ar8035 Firmware 1 CVE
• C-v2x 9150 1 CVE
• C-v2x 9150 Firmware 1 CVE
• Csra6620 1 CVE
• Csra6620 Firmware 1 CVE
• Csra6640 1 CVE
• Csra6640 Firmware 1 CVE
• Fastconnect 6200 1 CVE
• Fastconnect 6200 Firmware 1 CVE
• Fastconnect 6700 1 CVE

Threat activity

6 tracked threat campaigns reference Qualcomm products or exploit Qualcomm CVEs:

• APT29 (Midnight Blizzard) watering holes target iOS and Android devices with n-day exploit chains (DarkSword, AndroSnitch)HIGH2026-11-04
• Android November 2026 Security Bulletin: Over 200 Vulnerabilities Patched, Including Critical Framework RCE (CVE-2026-58868)CRITICAL2026-11-04
• CVE-2026-25262: Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM/MDM BootROM (PBL) write-what-where flaw in Emergency Download Mode / Sahara protocol (Kaspersky ICS CERT, Black Hat Asia 2026)MEDIUM2026-10-31
• Serbian Authorities Deploy Pegasus and NoviSpy Spyware Against Journalists, Opposition Politicians, and Student ProtestersHIGH2026-09-03
• Android Exploit Chain — Saito Tech Commercial Spyware: ART Runtime RCE, Binder UAF LPE, Pixel Bootloader Persistence (CVE-2026-22104, CVE-2026-22107, CVE-2026-22112)CRITICAL2026-03-06
• Qualcomm Adreno GPU KGSL Integer Overflow Memory Corruption Zero-Day (CVE-2026-21385)CRITICAL2026-03-06

Threat actors targeting Qualcomm

Named threat actors attributed to campaigns that involve Qualcomm products or CVEs, with the number of linked campaigns:

• APT29 1
• UNC2452 1

How to prioritise Qualcomm patching

This order follows the data Threadlinqs holds for Qualcomm, not a generic severity checklist:

• 3 of 5 Qualcomm CVEs (60%) are in CISA KEV: treat them as actively exploited and remediate them first, starting with CVE-2026-21385, CVE-2025-27038, CVE-2024-43047.
• Outside KEV, the highest EPSS scores are CVE-2026-22104 (0.5%), CVE-2026-25262 (0.1%).
• 1 CVE scores Critical and 3 High on CVSS v3 (maximum 9.8, average 8); sequence these after KEV and high-EPSS items.
• 4 CVEs have a public exploit or proof of concept recorded, which shortens the time from disclosure to attack.

About this data

Vendor attribution comes from the CNA and CPE product records of each CVE, folded to one vendor name; CVSS, EPSS and KEV status are read from the Threadlinqs CVE catalog; campaign and actor links come from tracked threat records. Counts reflect the data as of 2026-11-04 and refresh daily.