# CVE-2025-21063: Missing authorization in Samsung Voice Recorder

> Physical attackers can access recording files on the lock screen due to improper access control in Samsung Voice Recorder.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 10 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v89v-q4rp-qpxg

## What is CVE-2025-21063?

CVE-2025-21063 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Samsung Voice Recorder, published on 10 Oct 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 Voice Recorder prior to version 21.5.73.12 in Android 15 and 21.5.81.40 in Android 16 allows physical attackers to access recording files on the lock screen.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-21063?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Samsung Voice Recorder.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-21063?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-21063 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-21063 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-21063 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Samsung Voice Recorder

- [CVE-2024-20840](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20840/): Auth bypass in Samsung Voice Recorder (medium 5.7)
- [CVE-2024-49403](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49403/): Missing authorization in Samsung Voice Recorder (medium 4.6)
- [CVE-2024-20839](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20839/): Missing authorization in Samsung Voice Recorder (medium 4.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-21063 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-21063 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Samsung Voice Recorder, published on 10 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-21063 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Samsung Voice Recorder. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21063/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21063/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-21063
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21063
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21063

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21063/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.