CVE-2024-20803 Auth bypass in Samsung Mobile Devices

What is CVE-2024-20803?

CVE-2024-20803 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Samsung Android, published on 4 Jan 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper authentication vulnerability in Bluetooth pairing process prior to SMR Jan-2024 Release 1 allows remote attackers to establish pairing process without user interaction.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-20803?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Samsung Android.

How do I fix CVE-2024-20803?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20803 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-2024-20803 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20803 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-7gq2-mc3v-cv43.