Vulnerability · CVE-2025-20998
Improper access control in SamsungAccount for Galaxy Watch prior to SMR Jul-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers to access phone number.
Published Jul 8, 2025 · catalog updated Jul 11, 2025 · Samsung Mobile Samsung Mobile Devices
Last checked Oct 27, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-20998. EPSS is 0.14%. Act only if a listed version of Samsung Mobile Samsung Mobile Devices is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
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- Severity
- Medium5.5
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.14%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- vendor Samsung Mobile Samsung Mobile Devices patch: SMR Jul-2025 Release in Android Watch 14
Improper access control in SamsungAccount for Galaxy Watch prior to SMR Jul-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers to access phone number.
Are you affected?
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- vendor Samsung Mobile Samsung Mobile Devices patch: SMR Jul-2025 Release in Android Watch 14patch: SMR Jul-2025 Release in Android Watch 14
How to fix CVE-2025-20998
No stored fix
No vendor fix text is stored. Use the linked advisory before you change production.
Version check
No version range is stored, so an installed version cannot be checked on this page.
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-20998. EPSS is 0.14%. Act only if a listed version of Samsung Mobile Samsung Mobile Devices is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with Samsung Mobile Samsung Mobile Devices patch: SMR Jul-2025 Release in Android Watch 14 patch: SMR Jul-2025 Release in Android Watch 14. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.14%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Jul 8, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
Improper access control in SamsungAccount for Galaxy Watch prior to SMR Jul-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers to access phone number.
Jul 11, 2025 · EUVD
Updated
Improper access control in SamsungAccount for Galaxy Watch prior to SMR Jul-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers to access phone number.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-20998
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-20998
30-day exploitation probability 0.14%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-20450
Improper access control in SamsungAccount for Galaxy Watch prior to SMR Jul-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers to access phone number.
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 27, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- FIRST EPSSOct 24, 2026
- CVE.orgOct 21, 2026
- EUVDOct 19, 2026