What is CVE-2018-21082?

CVE-2018-21082 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2020-04-08.

How severe is CVE-2018-21082?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Google Android

CVE-2018-21082

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) software. Dex Station allows App Pinning bypass and lock-screen bypass via the "Use screen lock type to unpin" option. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-11106 (February 2018).

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2020-04-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (2.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 2nd percentile — 2.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions 7.0, 7.1.0, 7.1.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-21082?: CVE-2018-21082 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2020-04-08.
How severe is CVE-2018-21082?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.