Smartphones of a popular brand found to be under hacker threat

Owners of Google Pixel smartphones faced a cyberattack threat due to a critical vulnerability CVE-2026-58704 in the built-in modem. Hackers could gain access to data without user action (zero-click method). Google fixed the breach in a security patch.

Owners of some Google Pixel smartphone models faced a cyberattack threat, during which attackers exploited a critical vulnerability in the devices' software architecture. The breach was assigned identifier CVE-2026-58704, and the epicenter of the problem was the built-in modem—the component responsible for connecting to mobile internet and wireless networks. Experts explain that exploiting the vulnerability opened the possibility for hackers to break out of the modem's isolated software environment and achieve privilege escalation, gaining access to confidential data. Particularly alarming is that the attack could be carried out autonomously, without any action by the owner—the zero-click method. Google confirmed that the vulnerability was fixed in a routine security patch but did not disclose details about the perpetrators of the attacks.