CVE-2024-20865 Auth bypass in Samsung Mobile Devices
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.
Other vulnerabilities in Samsung Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m7gx-pf5v-mw6f.