CVE-2025-20989 Information disclosure in Samsung Mobile Devices

Medium 5.2 Published Updated

Local privileged attackers can extract a sensitive hmac_key due to improper logging in the fingerprint trustlet on Samsung mobile devices.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2025-20989?

CVE-2025-20989 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Android, published on 4 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper logging in fingerprint trustlet prior to SMR May-2025 Release 1 allows local privileged attackers to get a hmac_key.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-20989?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Samsung Android.

How do I fix CVE-2025-20989?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-20989 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-20989 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-20989 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Samsung Android vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2j95-mj22-p6c3.

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