CVE-2025-20936 Privilege escalation in Samsung Mobile Devices

What is CVE-2025-20936?

CVE-2025-20936 is a high-severity vulnerability in Samsung Android, published on 8 Apr 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 HDCP trustlet prior to SMR Apr-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers with shell privilege to escalate their privileges to root.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-20936?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Samsung Android.

How do I fix CVE-2025-20936?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-20936 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-20936 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-20936 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Samsung Android

• CVE-2025-21042 Samsung Mobile Devices Out-of-Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2025-21043 Samsung Mobile Devices Out-of-Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
• 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-w3fg-4j37-7mcw.