CVE-2019-20550 Auth bypass in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published 24 Mar 2020 Updated 5 Aug 2024

Attackers can bypass password protection in the Samsung S Secure app to access locked application content on affected mobile devices.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2019-20550?

CVE-2019-20550 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Google Android, published on 24 Mar 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 O(8.x) (released in China and India) software. The S Secure app can access the content of a locked app without a password. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-13805 (October 2019).

Weakness: CWE-306

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-20550?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2019-20550?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-20550 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2019-20550 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-20550 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-254m-79rf-mxh7.