What is CVE-2022-36838?

CVE-2022-36838 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Galaxy Wearable, classified under Improper Authorization. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2022-08-05.

How severe is CVE-2022-36838?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Samsung Galaxy Wearable

CVE-2022-36838

Implicit Intent hijacking vulnerability in Galaxy Wearable prior to version 2.2.50 allows attacker to get sensitive information.

Published 2022-08-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (9.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 9th percentile — 9.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Samsung Galaxy Wearable
Samsung Mobile Galaxy Wearable — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-285 — Improper Authorization

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-36838?: CVE-2022-36838 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Galaxy Wearable, classified under Improper Authorization. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2022-08-05.
How severe is CVE-2022-36838?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.