# CVE-2020-9222: Deserialization in FusionCompute

> Local attackers can exploit insufficient deserialization verification in Huawei FusionCompute to elevate permissions.

- **Severity:** High 7.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 27 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jpj4-cc78-mvh2

## What is CVE-2020-9222?

CVE-2020-9222 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Huawei FusionCompute, published on 27 Dec 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

There is a privilege escalation vulnerability in Huawei FusionCompute product. Due to insufficient verification on specific files that need to be deserialized, local attackers can exploit this vulnerability to elevate permissions. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2020-05241)

This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-9222.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9222?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Huawei Fusioncompute.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-9222?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9222 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-9222 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9222 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Huawei FusionCompute

- [CVE-2020-9233](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9233/): Auth bypass in FusionCompute (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2020-9236](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9236/): Other in FusionCompute (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-37102](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-37102/): Command injection in FusionCompute (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-9242](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9242/): Command injection in FusionCompute (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-9114](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9114/): Privilege escalation in FusionCompute (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-9222 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-9222 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Huawei FusionCompute, published on 27 Dec 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9222 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Huawei FusionCompute. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9222/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9222/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-9222
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9222
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-9222

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9222/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.