CVE-2022-41590 Auth bypass in HarmonyOS
Attackers can bypass the setup wizard authentication on Huawei HarmonyOS smartphones, potentially affecting device availability.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-41590?
CVE-2022-41590 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Huawei Harmonyos, published on 20 Dec 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Some smartphones have authentication-related (including session management) vulnerabilities as the setup wizard is bypassed. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability affects the smartphone availability.
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-41590?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Harmonyos.
How do I fix CVE-2022-41590?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-41590 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-2022-41590 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-41590 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Harmonyos
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9769-mg62-vrhv.