Millions of Android users at security risk due to Google Play Store bug: Report

Some of the popular dating, travel and video calling apps on Google Play Store are vulnerable to a known bug CVE-2020-8913, which can be exploited by threat actors to inject malicious codes into them and steal personal information or spy on users, researchers at Check Point found.

Check Point believes that hundreds of millions of Android users are still at significant security risk because of it.

Though Google had patched the bug in April and had rated it 8.8 out of 10 for its severity, many of the app developers are still using the outdated version of Google Core Library (GPC), which is where the bug was found. GPC enables developers to roll out in-app updates and new feature modules in their apps.