CVE-2025-21065 Privilege escalation in Retail Mode
Improper input validation in Samsung Retail Mode allows attackers to execute privileged commands on their own devices.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-21065?
CVE-2025-21065 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Mobile Retail Mode, 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 input validation in Retail Mode prior to version 5.59.11 allows self attackers to execute privileged commands on their own devices.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-21065?
How do I fix CVE-2025-21065?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-21065 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-21065 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-21065 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vw25-h68c-8mm4.