Privileged command execution via incorrect default permissions
Published Aug 10, 2026 · Updated Aug 10, 2026
Incorrect default permissions in Samsung Electronics Bixby before 4.0.86.0 allow local users to execute commands with Bixby privilege. Samsung has not identified the affected permission, component, or command-dispatch path; the bulletin states only that the patch adds access control. Exploitation requires an additional local condition that Samsung has not described, and the reported consequence is confined to command execution in Bixby's privileged context.
Summary
What happened
Incorrect default permissions in Samsung Electronics Bixby before 4.0.86.0 allow local users to execute commands with Bixby privilege. Samsung has not identified the affected permission, component, or command-dispatch path; the bulletin states only that the patch adds access control. Exploitation requires an additional local condition that Samsung has not described, and the reported consequence is confined to command execution in Bixby's privileged context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-21074
- Published
- Aug 10, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 10, 2026
- Vendor
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Product
- Bixby
- Classifications
- CWE-276, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 10, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 10, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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