# CVE-2022-24930: Missing authorization in Samsung Wearable Devices

> Untrusted applications can reset default app settings on Samsung Wear OS devices due to improper access control in the retail mode receiver.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Mar 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p5c4-8m5x-vh8p

## What is CVE-2022-24930?

CVE-2022-24930 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Samsung Wearable Devices, published on 8 Mar 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

An Improper access control vulnerability in StRetailModeReceiver in Wear OS 3.0 prior to Firmware update MAR-2022 Release allows untrusted applications to reset default app settings without a proper permission

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-24930?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Samsung Wear Os.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-24930?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-24930 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-24930 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-24930 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Samsung Wearable Devices

- [CVE-2025-20946](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-20946/): Security feature bypass in Samsung Mobile Devices (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-20984](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-20984/): Missing authorization in Samsung Mobile Devices (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2025-20997](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-20997/): Misconfiguration in Samsung Mobile Devices (medium 6.2)
- [CVE-2025-21004](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21004/): Missing authorization in Samsung Mobile Devices (medium 6.2)
- [CVE-2025-20910](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-20910/): Missing authorization in Samsung Mobile Devices (medium 6.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-24930 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-24930 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Samsung Wearable Devices, published on 8 Mar 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-24930 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Samsung Wearable Devices. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-24930/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-24930/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-24930
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24930
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-24930

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-24930/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.