🛡️ CVE-2026-20996 — smart-switch

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: None.
• Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-20996 is classified as CWE-327: Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm. An algorithm with known weaknesses is used, so the protection it appears to give does not hold.

Affected software

CVE-2026-20996 is recorded against 1 package.

• smart-switch (fixed in 3.7.69.15)

Timeline and source

Published on 16 March 2026 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

security.samsungmobile.com

Other advisories for this package

smart-switch has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2026-21083 (6.5 Medium, published 10 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-21080 (6.5 Medium, published 10 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-21079 (6.5 Medium, published 10 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-21078 (6.5 Medium, published 10 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-21005 (6.5 Medium, published 16 Mar 2026)
• CVE-2026-21004 (6.5 Medium, published 16 Mar 2026)
• CVE-2026-20999 (7.5 High, published 16 Mar 2026)
• CVE-2026-20998 (9.8 Critical, published 16 Mar 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-327: Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm) in other software:

• CVE-2026-11481 (2.5 Low, published 18 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-66407 (8.1 High, published 10 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-8470 (7.4 High, published 5 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-56609 (4.8 Medium, published 3 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-67336 (8.7 High, published 1 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-10813 (3.6 Low, published 23 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-10766 (3.6 Low, published 23 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-10812 (3.6 Low, published 23 Jul 2026)

Details

Affected Packages

References