CVE-2025-20999

Wi-Fi password disclosure via missing secondary-user authorization

Published Jul 8, 2025 · Updated Jul 11, 2025

Improper authorization in Samsung Galaxy Tablets before SMR Jul-2025 Release 1 allows local users to read an owner's saved Wi-Fi password. The Wi-Fi password access path fails to verify that a secondary user is authorized to retrieve credentials saved by the device owner. Exploitation requires physical access, a configured secondary profile, and user interaction on an affected tablet running Android 13, 14, or 15; the disclosed consequence is credential exposure only.

CVSS severity4.1
Medium
EPSS probability0.15%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Improper authorization in Samsung Galaxy Tablets before SMR Jul-2025 Release 1 allows local users to read an owner's saved Wi-Fi password. The Wi-Fi password access path fails to verify that a secondary user is authorized to retrieve credentials saved by the device owner. Exploitation requires physical access, a configured secondary profile, and user interaction on an affected tablet running Android 13, 14, or 15; the disclosed consequence is credential exposure only.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-20999
Published
Jul 8, 2025
Updated
Jul 11, 2025
Vendor
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Product
Samsung Mobile Devices
Classifications
CWE-863, T1422.002
Attack vector
physical
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jul 8, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jul 11, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorphysical
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. · Samsung Mobile DevicesAffected versions are unavailable in this record.

Published CVSS scores

2.1NIST National Vulnerability DatabaseCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
4.1Samsung MobileCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.

Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorphysical
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-863Incorrect Authorization
T1422.002System Network Configuration Discovery: Wi-Fi Discovery

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