Samsung timely addresses the most vulnerable security flaws in their scheduled Security updates. The company has a policy to release security patches monthly, quarterly, or biannually, depending on the Galaxy models. These updates include patches for Samsung-specific security issues and Android OS-related security issues released by Google.
Users eagerly awaited the security update after the One UI 6.0 stable update in October. So now it’s time for the December 2023 security update, which has started rolling out and will be available for most models shortly with improved security measures.
On the December Security Update, Samsung prioritized 75 flaws to counter. They further categorize it into critical and high levels based on the threat level. Seven vulnerabilities are addressed as critical, and the remaining are categorized as High-concerned buckets. These issues are related to AR Emoji, Smart Clip, contacts, etc., and remedies will be available for the issues in the Update.
As usual, Samsung provides Security updates for the flagship device in the first row. So far, the company has updated most of its mainstream devices and widened the ranges to reach some of the Galaxy A series. Following are the devices that currently received the Dec 2023 security update.
December 2023 Security update details on Galaxy S series-
- Galaxy S23/S23+ โ S91XU1UES2BWKA
- US: Available on carrier-unlocked
- Galaxy S23/S23+ โ S916USQS2BWKA
- US: Available on carrier-unlocked
- Galaxy S23 Ultra โ S91XU1UES2BWKA
- US: Available on carrier-unlocked
- Galaxy S22 โ S901U1UES3DWL1
- US: Available on carrier-unlocked
- Galaxy S21/S21+ โ G996USQS9FWL2
- US: Available on carrier-unlocked
- Galaxy S21 Ultra โ G998USQS9FWL2
- US: Available on carrier-unlocked
- Galaxy S20/S20+ โ G986USQS8HWK1
- US: Available on carrier-unlocked
- Galaxy S20 Ultra โ G988USQS8HWK1
- US: Available on carrier-unlocked
- Galaxy S20 FE โ G781USQSEHWK2
- US: Available on carrier-unlocked
December 2023 Security update details on Galaxy Foldale series-
- Galaxy Z Fold 5 โ F946U1UES1BWKI
- US: Available for carrier-unlocked
- Galaxy Z Flip 5 โ F731U1UES1BWKI
- US: Available on carrier-unlocked
- Galaxy Z Fold 4 โ F936U1UEU3EWL1
- US: Available on carrier-unlocked
- Galaxy Z Fold 2 โ F916U1SQS5KWK1
- US: Available for carrier-unlocked
December 2023 Security update details on Galaxy Note series-
Galaxy Note 20 โ N98XU1UES6HWK1
US: Available on carrier-unlocked
December 2023 Security update details on Galaxy A series-
- Galaxy A14 โ A146U1UES5BWK7
- US: Available on carrier-unlocked
- Galaxy A52 โ A525FXXS6DWK2
- Galaxy A52s โ A528BXXS5FWL4
- Galaxy A73 โ A736BXXS6DWL2
- Galaxy A54 โ A546VSQS5BWL2
- US: Available on carrier-locked
- Galaxy A53 โ A536BXXS8DWL1/A536WVLS8DWL1
- Galaxy A03 โ A035MUBS5CWL2
- Galaxy M21 โ M215FXXS3CWK1
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