CVE-2026-20979
Essential information
- Published
- 04/02/2026 07:15
- Modified
- 05/02/2026 21:15
- Author
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- Creator
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- CVSS
- 8.4 HIGH (v3) 8.4 HIGH (v4.0)
- CISA KEV
- No
- CWE
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- CVSS vector
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CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS metrics
- Access vector
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- Access complexity
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- Authentication
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- Confidentiality impact
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- Integrity impact
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- Availability impact
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- Exploitability
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- Remediation level
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- Report confidence
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- Temporal score
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- Attack vector
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- Attack complexity
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Scope
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- Confidentiality impact
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- Integrity impact
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- Availability impact
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- Exploit code maturity
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- Remediation level
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- Report confidence
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- Temporal score
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- Attack vector
- LOCAL
- Attack complexity
- LOW
- Attack requirements
- NONE
- Privileges required
- LOW
- User interaction
- NONE
- Confidentiality (V)
- HIGH
- Confidentiality (S)
- NONE
- Integrity (V)
- HIGH
- Integrity (S)
- NONE
- Availability (V)
- LOW
- Availability (S)
- NONE
- Exploit maturity
- NOT_DEFINED
Description
Improper privilege management in Settings prior to SMR Feb-2026 Release 1 allows local attackers to launch arbitrary activity with Settings privilege.
NVD status
- Status
- Analyzed — CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
- Source
- [email protected]
- NVD
- View on NVD
Affected products (CPE)
| Product | CPE |
|---|---|
| samsung / android | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:android:15.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| samsung / android | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:android:15.0:smr-apr-2025-r1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| samsung / android | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:android:15.0:smr-aug-2025-r1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| samsung / android | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:android:15.0:smr-dec-2025-r1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| samsung / android | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:android:15.0:smr-feb-2025-r1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| samsung / android | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:android:15.0:smr-jan-2025-r1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| samsung / android | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:android:15.0:smr-jan-2026-r1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| samsung / android | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:android:15.0:smr-jul-2025-r1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| samsung / android | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:android:15.0:smr-jun-2025-r1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| samsung / android | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:android:15.0:smr-mar-2025-r1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| samsung / android | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:android:15.0:smr-may-2025-r1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| samsung / android | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:android:15.0:smr-nov-2025-r1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| samsung / android | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:android:15.0:smr-oct-2025-r1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| samsung / android | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:android:15.0:smr-sep-2025-r1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| samsung / android | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:android:16.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| samsung / android | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:android:16.0:smr-aug-2025-r1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| samsung / android | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:android:16.0:smr-dec-2025-r1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| samsung / android | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:android:16.0:smr-jan-2026-r1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| samsung / android | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:android:16.0:smr-nov-2025-r1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| samsung / android | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:android:16.0:smr-oct-2025-r1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| samsung / android | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:android:16.0:smr-sep-2025-r1:*:*:*:*:*:* |