Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-33966 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-33966 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-33966?
- Low severity, with a CVSS score of 2.8, published 14 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Samsung Exynos 1330; Samsung Exynos 1380; Samsung Exynos 1480; Samsung Exynos 1580; and 4 more.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-33966?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-33966 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in device firmware.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-33966?
- Check whether you run Samsung Exynos 2600, Samsung Exynos 1330, Samsung Exynos 1380 or one of the others listed. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The vulnerability is an information disclosure flaw (CWE-215: Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Debugging Code) in the camera driver component of Samsung Exynos mobile processors. Sensitive information is embedded in debug output that may be accessible to local processes with appropriate privileges. The attack requires local access to the affected processor's camera subsystem. An attacker with local code execution or device access could extract sensitive data through the camera driver's debug interface. Samsung has acknowledged this issue and patches are available through their product security updates.
Affected products
- Samsung Exynos 1330
- Samsung Exynos 1380
- Samsung Exynos 1480
- Samsung Exynos 1580
- Samsung Exynos 1680
- Samsung Exynos 2400
- Samsung Exynos 2500
- Samsung Exynos 2600
Timeline
- 2026-09-14: disclosed
- 2025-12-15: advisory: Reported date per Samsung security page