Samsung Checkout Input Validation Flaw Enables Arbitrary Activity Launch
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Samsung Checkout before version 5.1.03.1 contains an improper input validation flaw (CWE-20) in GuestCreditCardRegisterActivity. A local attacker can launch an arbitrary activity with Samsung Checkout privileges. The source describes no user interaction and no authentication requirement beyond local access.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
Improper input validation in GuestCreditCardRegisterActivity of Samsung Checkout prior to version 5.1.03.1 allows local attackers to launch an arbitrary activity with Samsung Checkout privileges.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
Update Samsung Checkout to version 5.1.03.1 or later.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
- Fix · CNA Samsung Checkout (Samsung Mobile) Fixed in 5.1.03.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-12 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-21129
- 2026-10-12 Alias added: GHSA-x2cq-w578-xxmh
- 2026-10-16 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
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Sources
- CVE-2026-21129 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-21129 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x2cq-w578-xxmh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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