CVE-2024-20856 Auth bypass in Samsung Mobile Devices

What is CVE-2024-20856?

CVE-2024-20856 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Samsung Android, published on 7 May 2024. 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

Improper Authentication vulnerability in Secure Folder prior to SMR May-2024 Release 1 allows physical attackers to access Secure Folder without proper authentication in a specific scenario.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-20856?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Samsung Android.

How do I fix CVE-2024-20856?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20856 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-2024-20856 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20856 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2021-25394 Samsung Mobile Devices Race Condition Exploited Medium 6.4
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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-x67c-fh4p-7v8m.