What is CVE-2020-26602?

CVE-2020-26602 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-10-06.

How severe is CVE-2020-26602?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2020-26602

An issue was discovered in EthernetNetwork on Samsung mobile devices with O(8.1), P(9.0), Q(10.0), and R(11.0) software. PendingIntent allows sdcard access by an unprivileged process. The Samsung ID is SVE-2020-18392 (October 2020).

Published 2020-10-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (35.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 35.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions 8.1, 9.0, 10.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-668 — Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-26602?: CVE-2020-26602 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-10-06.
How severe is CVE-2020-26602?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.