Samsung Chinese Samsung Members 15.5.05.4 path traversal
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Summary
A vulnerability has been found in Samsung Chinese Samsung Members 15.5.05.4 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-20986. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Samsung Chinese Samsung Members 15.5.05.4. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Path traversal in Samsung Members prior to Chinese version 15.5.05.4 allows local attackers to overwrite data within Samsung Members.
The advisory is shared at security.samsungmobile.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-20986 since 12/11/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.
Upgrading to version 15.5.05.4 eliminates this vulnerability.
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Product
Vendor
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Version
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.samsung.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.9VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8
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VulDB Temp Score: 4.2
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NVD Base Score: 5.5
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Exploiting
Class: Path traversalCWE: CWE-22
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔒
Upgrade: Chinese Samsung Members 15.5.05.4
Timeline
12/11/2025 CVE reserved02/04/2026 Advisory disclosed
02/04/2026 VulDB entry created
02/26/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: samsung.comAdvisory: security.samsungmobile.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-20986 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-20986
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-344249
Entry
Created: 02/04/2026 08:08Updated: 02/26/2026 12:45
Changes: 02/04/2026 08:08 (66), 02/26/2026 12:45 (12)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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