[FEATURE]frida-server does not work

[kypark-nurilab]

My Environment

• OS: Ubuntu 24.04
• Docker Engine: 29.1.4
• Android: Genymotion Android 11

I pulled the docker image and run it with below command.

docker run -it --rm \
    -p 8000:8000 \
    -p 1337:1337 \
    -e MOBSF_ANALYZER_IDENTIFIER=192.168.56.101:5555 \  # (Genymotion Android 11)
    opensecurity/mobile-security-framework-mobsf:latest

and I tried to analyze some apks with frida scripts. but, failed spawning app with error message.
How can i solve this issue??

[ERROR] 05/Feb/2026 02:18:19 - Not Supported Error
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/mobsf/Mobile-Security-Framework-MobSF/mobsf/DynamicAnalyzer/views/android/frida_core.py", line 156, in spawn
    _FPID = device.spawn([self.package])
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/frida/core.py", line 94, in wrapper
    return f(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/frida/core.py", line 1007, in spawn
    return self._impl.spawn(program, **kwargs)
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
frida.NotSupportedError: need Gadget to attach on jailed Android; its default location is: /home/mobsf/.cache/frida/gadget-android-arm64.so
[ERROR] 05/Feb/2026 02:18:19 - Cannot attach to pid, spawning again
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/mobsf/Mobile-Security-Framework-MobSF/mobsf/DynamicAnalyzer/views/android/frida_core.py", line 196, in session
    session = device.attach(_FPID)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/frida/core.py", line 94, in wrapper
    return f(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/frida/core.py", line 1049, in attach
    return Session(self._impl.attach(self._pid_of(target), **kwargs))  # type: ignore
                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
TypeError: 'NoneType' object cannot be interpreted as an integer
[INFO] 05/Feb/2026 02:18:19 - Frida Server is already running
[INFO] 05/Feb/2026 02:18:19 - Spawning com.example.remotekisa
[ERROR] 05/Feb/2026 02:18:19 - Not Supported Error
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/mobsf/Mobile-Security-Framework-MobSF/mobsf/DynamicAnalyzer/views/android/frida_core.py", line 196, in session
    session = device.attach(_FPID)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/frida/core.py", line 94, in wrapper
    return f(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/frida/core.py", line 1049, in attach
    return Session(self._impl.attach(self._pid_of(target), **kwargs))  # type: ignore
                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
TypeError: 'NoneType' object cannot be interpreted as an integer

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/mobsf/Mobile-Security-Framework-MobSF/mobsf/DynamicAnalyzer/views/android/frida_core.py", line 156, in spawn
    _FPID = device.spawn([self.package])
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/frida/core.py", line 94, in wrapper
    return f(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/frida/core.py", line 1007, in spawn
    return self._impl.spawn(program, **kwargs)
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
frida.NotSupportedError: need Gadget to attach on jailed Android; its default location is: /home/mobsf/.cache/frida/gadget-android-arm64.so
[ERROR] 05/Feb/2026 02:18:19 - Error Connecting to Frida
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/mobsf/Mobile-Security-Framework-MobSF/mobsf/DynamicAnalyzer/views/android/frida_core.py", line 196, in session
    session = device.attach(_FPID)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/frida/core.py", line 94, in wrapper
    return f(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/frida/core.py", line 1049, in attach
    return Session(self._impl.attach(self._pid_of(target), **kwargs))  # type: ignore
                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
TypeError: 'NoneType' object cannot be interpreted as an integer

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/mobsf/Mobile-Security-Framework-MobSF/mobsf/DynamicAnalyzer/views/android/frida_core.py", line 204, in session
    session = device.attach(_FPID)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/frida/core.py", line 94, in wrapper
    return f(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/frida/core.py", line 1049, in attach
    return Session(self._impl.attach(self._pid_of(target), **kwargs))  # type: ignore
                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
TypeError: 'NoneType' object cannot be interpreted as an integer

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[MickCodesIO]

Running into same issue, I found using versionopensecurity/mobile-security-framework-mobsf:v4.4.2 to be stable.

My Environment
OS: MacOS (26.1)
Docker Engine: 29.1.4
Android: Android Studio Emulator (API 29 & 28)

Docker

docker run -it --rm \
    -p 8000:8000 \
    -p 1337:1337 \
    -e MOBSF_ANALYZER_IDENTIFIER=emulator-5554 \
    opensecurity/mobile-security-framework-mobsf:latest

[kypark-nurilab]

@MickCodesIO I solved this issue by downgrading frida version as 16.

# Modify Frida Dependency
RUN sed -i 's/frida\s*=\s*\">=17\.0\.0\"/frida = \"^16.1.4\"/' /home/mobsf/Mobile-Security-Framework-MobSF/pyproject.toml && \
    sed -i 's/frida-tools\s*=\s*\"^14\.3\.0\"/frida-tools = \"^12.2.1\"/' /home/mobsf/Mobile-Security-Framework-MobSF/pyproject.toml

# Install Modified Frida Dependency
WORKDIR /home/mobsf/Mobile-Security-Framework-MobSF
RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir frida==16.1.4 frida-tools==12.2.1

[fsacer]

I'm not sure if related, but I've been facing an "Error: expected a pointer" issue with an older Android version. I found there was a recent fix for this on frida side, so something to look into Error: expected a pointer.

As @MickCodesIO has written v4.4.2 works at least partially regarding Frida.