CVE-2025-20884 Missing authorization in Samsung Mobile Devices

What is CVE-2025-20884?

CVE-2025-20884 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Samsung Android, published on 4 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper access control in Samsung Message prior to SMR Jan-2025 Release 1 allows physical attackers to access data across multiple user profiles.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-20884?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Samsung Android.

How do I fix CVE-2025-20884?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-20884 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2025-20884 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-20884 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2021-25487 Samsung Mobile Devices Out-of-Bounds Read Exploited High 7.3
• CVE-2021-25394 Samsung Mobile Devices Race Condition Exploited Medium 6.4
• CVE-2021-25395 Samsung Mobile Devices Race Condition Exploited Medium 6.4

All Samsung Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-jp7h-43ww-2hf8.