CVE-2022-48518 Auth bypass in EMUI
Attackers can bypass signature verification to launch malicious apps at boot by spoofing trusted package names in Huawei mobile operating systems.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-48518?
CVE-2022-48518 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Huawei Emui, published on 6 Jul 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Vulnerability of signature verification in the iaware system being initialized later than the time when the system broadcasts are sent. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause malicious apps to start upon power-on by spoofing the package names of apps in the startup trustlist, which affects system performance.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48518?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Huawei Emui, Huawei Harmonyos.
How do I fix CVE-2022-48518?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-48518 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-2022-48518 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48518 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Emui
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2x35-3575-64cp.