Samsung Galaxy security risk: If you are a Samsung Galaxy phone user, then this urgent alert is for you; a serious password risk has come to the fore. The Korean tech giant has confirmed that there's currently no fix, which means you can still ensure your passwords remain secure. You would just need to make changes to the ways you usually utilise your smartphone.

A warning surfaced this week on Samsung’s U.S. community forum, where a Galaxy user raised concerns by posting, “I copy passwords from my password manager all the time, and I know a lot of people do the same. How is it that Samsung’s clipboard saves everything in plain text with no expiration? That’s a huge security issue.”

Another user @techmantraofficial posted on Instagram Threads about the vulnerability that can put your passwords at risk, highlighting the same issue. 

Many users are in a habit of using a password manager to copy their passwords, which are then pasted into the login window instead of using any sort of autofill. “If someone steals your phone, or even if a friend or acquaintance uses it while it’s unlocked, can they just scroll through your clipboard and see all your passwords? That’s wild.”

This has become more of an issue, as people don't just use password managers but also just store their passwords in text documents or notes, through which they paste them across login portals.

“There should at least be an option to auto-delete clipboard history after a few hours. Right now, the only option is to manually go in and delete sensitive stuff.”

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This is not a new issue, as one Redditor only recently pointed out when this happened again this week: “This is something Samsung outright refuses to fix. People have been complaining about it for ages.” While another poster advised users: “Two things you can do to mitigate this — add the clipboard history edge panel which has a clear history button. You can then clear your history whenever you’d like fairly quickly. Under Security Settings -> Controls and Alerts -> Enable Alert when clipboard accessed… Unfortunately, Samsung, in its infinite wisdom, doesn't give a toggle to disable this entirely.”

Samsung has confirmed the risk and stated, “You’ve raised a valid concern regarding clipboard security.” A moderator responded to the user's post and said, “especially in scenarios involving sensitive data like passwords… The clipboard history is currently managed by One UI system-level integration, which means even third-party keyboards like Gboard cannot override its behaviour. At this time, there’s no built-in setting to auto-delete clipboard contents after a certain period, which can indeed pose a security risk in some situations.”

Samsung's moderator also acknowledged the issue and expressed that this needed a fix: “We agree that adding options such as auto-clear clipboard after X minutes/hours or excluding sensitive apps from clipboard history would be valuable enhancements. We’ll share this feedback with the appropriate team. In the meantime, we recommend clearing clipboard history regularly and using secure input methods directly from your password manager app.”

So for now, if you own a Galaxy smartphone, making this small tweak in your usage, like not copy-pasting your passwords, could go a long way in keeping things secure for you, instead of leaving them in plain sight of your clipboard history. Proper utilisation of a password manager becomes essential until the time Samsung drops a fix, so till then, you will have to take the longer path. I am afraid there are no workarounds.

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