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GhostMap: The Android flaw that crashes your phone before you open the app

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Nov 7, 2026First seen
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strugee
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bitdefender.com

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Trending history

GhostMap: The Android flaw that crashes your phone before you open the app was first seen on Lobsters · Hottest on Nov 7, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 46 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #10 of 25, reached on Nov 7, 20:21 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 8, 16:51 UTC.

Rank history

Position on Lobsters · Hottest at every check (lower is better).

#1#9#17#25 18:2123:5805:3611:1316:51 Nov 7, 18:21 UTC · #14Nov 7, 18:51 UTC · #15Nov 7, 19:21 UTC · #14Nov 7, 19:51 UTC · #11Nov 7, 20:21 UTC · #10Nov 7, 20:51 UTC · #10Nov 7, 21:21 UTC · #10Nov 7, 21:51 UTC · #11Nov 7, 22:21 UTC · #11Nov 7, 22:51 UTC · #10Nov 7, 23:21 UTC · #10Nov 7, 23:51 UTC · #10Nov 8, 00:21 UTC · #10Nov 8, 00:51 UTC · #11Nov 8, 01:21 UTC · #11Nov 8, 01:51 UTC · #11Nov 8, 02:21 UTC · #11Nov 8, 02:51 UTC · #11Nov 8, 03:21 UTC · #12Nov 8, 03:51 UTC · #13Nov 8, 04:21 UTC · #12Nov 8, 04:51 UTC · #12Nov 8, 05:21 UTC · #13Nov 8, 05:51 UTC · #13Nov 8, 06:21 UTC · #13Nov 8, 06:51 UTC · #13Nov 8, 07:21 UTC · #13Nov 8, 07:51 UTC · #13Nov 8, 08:21 UTC · #13Nov 8, 08:51 UTC · #14Nov 8, 09:21 UTC · #16Nov 8, 09:51 UTC · #16Nov 8, 10:21 UTC · #16Nov 8, 10:51 UTC · #17Nov 8, 11:21 UTC · #17Nov 8, 11:51 UTC · #14Nov 8, 12:21 UTC · #16Nov 8, 12:51 UTC · #16Nov 8, 13:21 UTC · #19Nov 8, 13:51 UTC · #20Nov 8, 14:21 UTC · #20Nov 8, 14:51 UTC · #22Nov 8, 15:21 UTC · #22Nov 8, 15:51 UTC · #22Nov 8, 16:21 UTC · #22Nov 8, 16:51 UTC · #24

Last 14 days

Best rank per day (UTC).

Oct 26today

Metric history

Platform metric as reported by Lobsters.

0257 18:2123:5805:3611:1316:51 Nov 7, 18:21 UTC · 1Nov 7, 18:51 UTC · 1Nov 7, 19:21 UTC · 2Nov 7, 19:51 UTC · 4Nov 7, 20:21 UTC · 5Nov 7, 20:51 UTC · 5Nov 7, 21:21 UTC · 5Nov 7, 21:51 UTC · 5Nov 7, 22:21 UTC · 5Nov 7, 22:51 UTC · 6Nov 7, 23:21 UTC · 6Nov 7, 23:51 UTC · 6Nov 8, 00:21 UTC · 6Nov 8, 00:51 UTC · 6Nov 8, 01:21 UTC · 6Nov 8, 01:51 UTC · 6Nov 8, 02:21 UTC · 6Nov 8, 02:51 UTC · 6Nov 8, 03:21 UTC · 6Nov 8, 03:51 UTC · 6Nov 8, 04:21 UTC · 7Nov 8, 04:51 UTC · 7Nov 8, 05:21 UTC · 7Nov 8, 05:51 UTC · 7Nov 8, 06:21 UTC · 7Nov 8, 06:51 UTC · 7Nov 8, 07:21 UTC · 7Nov 8, 07:51 UTC · 6Nov 8, 08:21 UTC · 6Nov 8, 08:51 UTC · 6Nov 8, 09:21 UTC · 6Nov 8, 09:51 UTC · 6Nov 8, 10:21 UTC · 6Nov 8, 10:51 UTC · 6Nov 8, 11:21 UTC · 6Nov 8, 11:51 UTC · 6Nov 8, 12:21 UTC · 6Nov 8, 12:51 UTC · 6Nov 8, 13:21 UTC · 6Nov 8, 13:51 UTC · 6Nov 8, 14:21 UTC · 6Nov 8, 14:51 UTC · 6Nov 8, 15:21 UTC · 6Nov 8, 15:51 UTC · 6Nov 8, 16:21 UTC · 6Nov 8, 16:51 UTC · 6

From the discussion

A few top-level comments from Lobsters, shortened. Read the full thread on Lobsters.

Why give a full embargo period if they said it's not considered a security problem? Full disclosure immediately

I am not that familiar with APK/Android internals, but from messing around with it tangentially, mostly via ordinary apps that just do weird things with the package manager, and not through ADB, I’ve found that the Android package manager gets into weird corner cases surprisingly easily. I have hit a case where an…

Questions

Is GhostMap: The Android flaw that crashes your phone before you open the app trending on Lobsters right now?

Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 8, 16:51 UTC, after 2 days of trending.

What is the highest rank GhostMap: The Android flaw that crashes your phone before you open the app reached?

#10 on Lobsters · Hottest, on Nov 7, 20:21 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 30 minutes.

How long has GhostMap: The Android flaw that crashes your phone before you open the app been trending?

It was first seen on Nov 7, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (46 checks) since.