CVE-2025-20998
Improper access control in SamsungAccount for Galaxy Watch prior to SMR Jul-2025 Release 1 allows...
Improper access control in SamsungAccount for Galaxy Watch prior to SMR Jul-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers to access phone number.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Improper access control in SamsungAccount for Galaxy Watch prior to SMR Jul-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers to access phone number.
- Record
CVE-2025-20998- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-20450
Improper access control in SamsungAccount for Galaxy Watch prior to SMR Jul-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers to access phone number.
- Record
EUVD-2025-20450- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9c6p-3cm9-mxv6
Improper access control in SamsungAccount for Galaxy Watch prior to SMR Jul-2025 Release 1 allows...
Improper access control in SamsungAccount for Galaxy Watch prior to SMR Jul-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers to access phone number.
- Record
GHSA-9c6p-3cm9-mxv6- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper access control in SamsungAccount for Galaxy Watch prior to SMR Jul-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers to access phone number.
- Record
CVE-2025-20998- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-20998 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Samsung Wear Os, published July 8, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.14%, the 3rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.