CVE-2018-0701 Auth bypass in BlueStacks App Player

What is CVE-2018-0701?

CVE-2018-0701 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in BlueStacks App Player, published on 15 Nov 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

BlueStacks App Player (BlueStacks App Player for Windows 3.0.0 to 4.31.55, BlueStacks App Player for macOS 2.0.0 and later) allows an attacker on the same network segment to bypass access restriction to gain unauthorized access.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-0701?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Bluestacks Bluestacks.

How do I fix CVE-2018-0701?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-0701 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2018-0701 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0701 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in BlueStacks App Player

• CVE-2016-4288 Privilege escalation in App Player High 8.4
• CVE-2020-24367 Privilege escalation in n/a High 7.8
• CVE-2019-25548 BlueStacks 4.80.0.1060 Denial of Service via Search Field Medium 6.9
• CVE-2019-14220 Information disclosure in n/a Medium 6.5
• CVE-2025-44964 Weak cryptography in n/a Low 3.9

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-77pr-3jm2-qj7q.