Samsung Galaxy Wearable up to 2.2.67 insufficient permissions or privileges

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Samsung Galaxy Wearable up to 2.2.67. The affected element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to insufficient permissions or privileges. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-20984. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Samsung Galaxy Wearable up to 2.2.67. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insufficient permissions or privileges vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-280. The product does not handle or incorrectly handles when it has insufficient privileges to access resources or functionality as specified by their permissions. This may cause it to follow unexpected code paths that may leave the product in an invalid state. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Improper handling of insufficient permission in Galaxy Wearable installed on non-Samsung Device prior to version 2.2.68 allows local attackers to access sensitive information.

The advisory is shared for download at security.samsungmobile.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-20984 since 12/11/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1222.

Upgrading to version 2.2.68 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

• Smartphone Operating System

Vendor

• Samsung

Name

• Galaxy Wearable

Version

• 2.2.0
• 2.2.1
• 2.2.2
• 2.2.3
• 2.2.4
• 2.2.5
• 2.2.6
• 2.2.7
• 2.2.8
• 2.2.9
• 2.2.10
• 2.2.11
• 2.2.12
• 2.2.13
• 2.2.14
• 2.2.15
• 2.2.16
• 2.2.17
• 2.2.18
• 2.2.19
• 2.2.20
• 2.2.21
• 2.2.22
• 2.2.23
• 2.2.24
• 2.2.25
• 2.2.26
• 2.2.27
• 2.2.28
• 2.2.29
• 2.2.30
• 2.2.31
• 2.2.32
• 2.2.33
• 2.2.34
• 2.2.35
• 2.2.36
• 2.2.37
• 2.2.38
• 2.2.39
• 2.2.40
• 2.2.41
• 2.2.42
• 2.2.43
• 2.2.44
• 2.2.45
• 2.2.46
• 2.2.47
• 2.2.48
• 2.2.49
• 2.2.50
• 2.2.51
• 2.2.52
• 2.2.53
• 2.2.54
• 2.2.55
• 2.2.56
• 2.2.57
• 2.2.58
• 2.2.59
• 2.2.60
• 2.2.61
• 2.2.62
• 2.2.63
• 2.2.64
• 2.2.65
• 2.2.66
• 2.2.67

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.samsung.com/

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