CVE-2025-21048: samsung android Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-21048 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Path Traversal vulnerability in samsung android. EPSS estimates a 0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 10-10-2025
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 26-02-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Relative path traversal in Knox Enterprise prior to SMR Oct-2025 Release 1 allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code.

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.