{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-20988 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-20988 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2026-20988 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Samsung Android, published on 16 Mar 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-20988 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-20988 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Samsung Android, published on 16 Mar 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-20988 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Samsung Android. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-20988/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-20988/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-20988","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-20988/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-20988","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-49cf-jv8p-hqj3"],"analysis":{"component_type":"operating_system","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Samsung Android OS","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A local attacker can launch arbitrary activities with Settings privileges via improper intent verification in Samsung Android Settings, requiring user interaction.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"missing_authorization"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"SamsungMobile","cpe":[{"product":"android","vendor":"samsung"}],"cvss":{"score":6.8,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[],"description":"Improper verification of intent by broadcast receiver in Settings prior to SMR Mar-2026 Release 1 allows local attacker to launch arbitrary activity with Settings privilege. User interaction is required for triggering this vulnerability.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Missing authorization in Samsung Mobile Devices","id":"CVE-2026-20988","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"samsung:android","products":["samsung:android"],"type":"missing_authorization","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Security feature bypass in Samsung Mobile Devices","id":"CVE-2026-20989"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in GalaxyDiagnostics","id":"CVE-2026-20987"},"products":["Samsung Mobile Devices"],"published":"2026-03-16","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Samsung Mobile Devices Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2025-21042","kev_date_added":"2025-11-10","published":"2025-09-12"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Samsung Mobile Devices Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2025-21043","kev_date_added":"2025-10-02","published":"2025-09-12"},{"cvss_score":7.3,"headline":"Samsung Mobile Devices Out-of-Bounds Read","id":"CVE-2021-25487","kev_date_added":"2023-06-29","published":"2021-10-06"},{"cvss_score":6.4,"headline":"Samsung Mobile Devices Race Condition","id":"CVE-2021-25394","kev_date_added":"2023-06-29","published":"2021-06-11"},{"cvss_score":6.4,"headline":"Samsung Mobile Devices Race Condition","id":"CVE-2021-25395","kev_date_added":"2023-06-29","published":"2021-06-11"},{"cvss_score":6.2,"headline":"Samsung Mobile Devices Improper Access Control","id":"CVE-2021-25369","kev_date_added":"2022-11-08","published":"2021-03-26"},{"cvss_score":6.1,"headline":"Samsung Mobile Devices Memory Corruption","id":"CVE-2021-25370","kev_date_added":"2022-11-08","published":"2021-03-26"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-03-17","vendors":["Samsung Mobile"]},"summary":"A local attacker can launch arbitrary activities with Settings privileges via improper intent verification in Samsung Android Settings, requiring user interaction.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-20988/"}