Urgent Security Update Required for Google Pixel Phones

US government mandates federal employees to update by July 4 due to severe vulnerability actively exploited.

Google issued a patch for a critical zero-day vulnerability, CVE-2024-32896, affecting Pixel phones.
The flaw allows privilege escalation, potentially enabling malicious access to system functions.
Federal employees must update their phones or discontinue use by the government-imposed deadline.
GrapheneOS highlighted that the issue is not exclusive to Pixel devices and will be fixed in Android 15.
Users can update their Pixel phones through the settings app to secure their devices.