Samsung Flow flaw lets local attackers launch arbitrary activities
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Samsung Flow before version 4.9.22.4 has an incorrect default permission (CWE-276) that lets a local attacker launch an arbitrary activity with Samsung Flow privileges on the connected device. The attacker needs only local access with no privileges and no user interaction. CVSS 4.0 rates the impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability of the vulnerable system as none, with a low base score of 2.1.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
Incorrect default permission in Samsung Flow prior to version 4.9.22.4 allows local attackers to launch an arbitrary activity with Samsung Flow privileges on the connected device.
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
Samsung Flow users should update to version 4.9.22.4 or later, which fixes this flaw.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
- Fix · CNA Samsung Flow (Samsung Mobile) Fixed in 4.9.22.4
Timeline
- 2026-10-12 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-21131
- 2026-10-12 Alias added: GHSA-5vp3-8vhq-vxhf
- 2026-10-16 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
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Sources
- CVE-2026-21131 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-21131 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5vp3-8vhq-vxhf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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