CVE-2026-20980 Command injection in Samsung Mobile Devices

What is CVE-2026-20980?

CVE-2026-20980 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Samsung Android, published on 4 Feb 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper input validation in PACM prior to SMR Feb-2026 Release 1 allows physical attacker to execute arbitrary commands.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-20980?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Samsung Android.

How do I fix CVE-2026-20980?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-20980 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2026-20980 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-20980 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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• CVE-2021-25394 Samsung Mobile Devices Race Condition Exploited Medium 6.4
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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-rwpx-j7xj-9682.