Improper privilege management in Samsung SmartThings
Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-269Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
Improper privilege management vulnerability in API Key used in SmartThings prior to 1.7.73.22 allows an attacker to abuse the API key without limitation.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00827 57th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed SmartThings (Samsung Mobile): 1.7.73.22
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA SmartThings (Samsung Mobile) Fixed in 1.7.73.22
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-25508
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-67fr-f628-58c5
References
More Samsung Smartthings vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-01960 Improper signature verification in Samsung SmartThings CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-12881 Improper authorization in Samsung Smart Things CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2024-22895 Improper authentication in Samsung SmartThings CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2022-18865 Improper access control in Samsung SmartThings CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2022-18864 Improper access control in Samsung SmartThings CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2022-18863 Improper access control in Samsung SmartThings CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2021-25508 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-25508 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-67fr-f628-58c5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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