News · written 13 November 2026. A summary for readers, not technical advice — check the sources at the end for the details.

Google published the Android Security Bulletin for November 2026 on 2 November 2026 (updated on 6 November). It lists the security fixes phone and tablet makers are now rolling out. The bulletin covers Android 14, 15, 16 and 17.

Two patch levels

• 2026-11-01 — fixes in Android itself: the runtime, the Framework and the System. We count 118 issues in the bulletin's tables for this level.
• 2026-11-05 — everything above, plus 97 more in the Linux kernel and in parts from chip makers such as Arm, MediaTek and Qualcomm.

That is 215 issues by our count, 23 of them rated Critical and the rest High. In the bulletin's words, security patch levels of 2026-11-05 or later address all of these issues.

The worst one

The most severe issue is in the Framework: a flaw that could let an attacker run code on the device remotely, with no extra permissions and no action needed from you. The bulletin does not say that any of these issues have been used in attacks.

What to do

• Install your phone's system update when it arrives, then check its Android security update date in Settings — the exact place depends on the maker. 2026-11-05 or later covers everything in this bulletin.
• On Google Pixel phones, the Pixel bulletin of 10 November 2026 says all supported Google devices will get the 2026-11-05 patch level.
• Phones from other makers get these fixes in their own makers' updates.

Sources

• Android — Android Security Bulletin—November 2026
• Android — Pixel Update Bulletin—November 2026

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