{"id":619759,"date":"2026-08-04T10:55:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/619759\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T10:55:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:55:15","slug":"samsung-monthly-updates-august-2026-security-patch-gets-detailed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/619759\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung monthly updates: August 2026 security patch gets detailed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Samsung has revealed details of the August 2026 security patch for eligible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sammobile.com\/samsung\/best-samsung-phone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Galaxy smartphones<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sammobile.com\/samsung\/best-samsung-tablets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">tablets<\/a>. The update fixes a total of 56 security vulnerabilities affecting the company&#8217;s phones and tablets, and it could soon be released worldwide.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The August 2026 security patch for Galaxy devices includes 38 fixes for Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) <a href=\"https:\/\/source.android.com\/docs\/security\/bulletin\/2026\/2026-08-01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">disclosed by Google<\/a>, along with 18 fixes for Samsung Vulnerabilities and Exposures (SVEs). Google&#8217;s fixes include eight critical-priority fixes and 30 high-priority fixes. Samsung&#8217;s fixes include two high-priority fixes, 14 moderate-priority fixes, and two fixes with undisclosed priority levels.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nine of Google&#8217;s fixes are not included in Samsung&#8217;s August 2026 patch. One was already included in Samsung&#8217;s July 2026 security update, while the other eight do not apply to Samsung devices.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most of these security fixes apply to Galaxy phones and tablets running Android 14, Android 15, or Android 16. They address issues related to Samsung&#8217;s Contacts, Dialer, Messages, and Galaxy Themes apps. Some fixes also address improper access control, system clipboard data, audio and video codecs, and the cellular radio.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can read more about the August 2026 security patch for Galaxy devices by <a href=\"https:\/\/security.samsungmobile.com\/securityUpdate.smsb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Samsung has revealed details of the August 2026 security patch for eligible Galaxy smartphones and tablets. The update&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":619760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[257],"tags":[261679,18,19,17,279,82],"class_list":["post-619759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-august-2026-security-patch","tag-eire","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117036877413116527","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/619760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}