CVE-2022-48508 Missing authorization in EMUI

What is CVE-2022-48508?

CVE-2022-48508 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Huawei Emui, published on 6 Jul 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Inappropriate authorization vulnerability in the system apps. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service integrity.

Weakness: CWE-863, CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48508?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Huawei Emui, Huawei Harmonyos.

How do I fix CVE-2022-48508?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-48508 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2022-48508 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48508 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Emui

• CVE-2023-52370 Memory corruption in EMUI Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-52378 Business logic in EMUI Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-52381 Code injection in EMUI Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-52103 Memory corruption in EMUI Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-46773 Privilege escalation in EMUI Critical 9.8

All Huawei Emui vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-hmww-m5wm-539p.