CVE-2018-21080 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2018-21080?

CVE-2018-21080 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 8 Apr 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) software. A physically proximate attacker wielding a magnet can activate NFC to bypass the lockscreen. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-10897 (March 2018).

Weakness: CWE-326

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-21080?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2018-21080?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-21080 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-21080 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-21080 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-q8w5-jq96-p28w.