CVE-2026-21097 Auth bypass in Samsung Mobile Devices

What is CVE-2026-21097?

CVE-2026-21097 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Samsung Android, published on 9 Sep 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper authentication in ActivityTaskManagerService prior to SMR Sep-2026 Release 1 allows local privileged attackers to launch arbitrary activity.

Weakness: CWE-285

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-21097?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Samsung Android.

How do I fix CVE-2026-21097?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-21097 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2026-21097 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-21097 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2021-25487 Samsung Mobile Devices Out-of-Bounds Read Exploited High 7.3
• CVE-2021-25394 Samsung Mobile Devices Race Condition Exploited Medium 6.4
• CVE-2021-25395 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-9r8w-qx67-pr9h.