CVE-2025-20989 Information disclosure in Samsung Mobile Devices
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.
Other vulnerabilities in Samsung Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2j95-mj22-p6c3.