CVE-2020-1842 Auth bypass in HEGE-560
Physical attackers can bypass authentication on Huawei network devices to gain high privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-1842?
CVE-2020-1842 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Huawei HEGE-560, published on 18 Feb 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Huawei HEGE-560 version 1.0.1.20(SP2); OSCA-550 and OSCA-550A version 1.0.0.71(SP1); and OSCA-550AX and OSCA-550X version 1.0.0.71(SP2) have an insufficient authentication vulnerability. An attacker can access the device physically and perform specific operations to exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploitation may cause the attacker obtain high privilege.
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-1842?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Huawei Hege-560 Firmware, Huawei Osca-550 Firmware, Huawei Osca-550a Firmware, Huawei Osca-550ax Firmware, Huawei Osca-550x Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2020-1842?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-1842 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-2020-1842 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-1842 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei HEGE-560
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v7w4-x8mq-35m8.