CVE-2026-21044

FAUCET Score

Improper authorization in KnoxGuardManager prior to SMR Jul-2026 Release 1 allows local attackers to bypass the persistence configuration of the application.

First published: Jul 10, 2026Last modified: Jul 10, 2026

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
Samsung Mobile	Samsung Mobile Devices	Range not provided by sourceCNA affecteddefault affected

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

5.8MEDIUM

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Attack Requirements

PRESENT

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

VS Confidentiality

NONE

VS Integrity

HIGH

VS Availability

LOW

SS Confidentiality

NONE

SS Integrity

NONE

SS Availability

NONE

Exploit Maturity

NOT_DEFINED

CvssVersion

4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

0.10%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

0.9%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0010 is in the 5th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

security.samsungmobile.com / securityUpdate.smsb