CVE-2024-20865 Auth bypass in Samsung Mobile Devices

Medium 6.6 Published Updated

Physical attackers can bypass bootloader authentication to flash arbitrary images on Samsung mobile devices, enabling code execution and privilege escalation.

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
None listed

What is CVE-2024-20865?

CVE-2024-20865 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

Authentication bypass in bootloader prior to SMR May-2024 Release 1 allows physical attackers to flash arbitrary images.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-20865?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Samsung Android.

How do I fix CVE-2024-20865?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20865 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-2024-20865 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20865 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Samsung Android vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-m7gx-pf5v-mw6f.

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