What is CVE-2025-20987?

CVE-2025-20987 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Android, classified under CWE-200: EXPOSURE OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION TO AN UNAUTHORIZED ACTOR. CVSS score: 5.2/10. Published 2025-06-04.

How severe is CVE-2025-20987?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Samsung Android

CVE-2025-20987

Improper access control in fingerprint trustlet prior to SMR May-2025 Release 1 allows local privileged attackers to get a auth_token.

Published 2025-06-04 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (3.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 3rd percentile — 3.1% 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

Samsung Android — versions 13.0, 14.0, 15.0
Samsung Mobile Devices — versions SMR Jun-2025 Release in Android 13, 14, 15

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-20987?: CVE-2025-20987 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Android, classified under CWE-200: EXPOSURE OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION TO AN UNAUTHORIZED ACTOR. CVSS score: 5.2/10. Published 2025-06-04.
How severe is CVE-2025-20987?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.2 out of 10.