CVE-2023-0117 Auth bypass in EMUI

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Attackers can bypass identity verification in hwKitAssistant, potentially disrupting features like MeeTime on Huawei devices.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2023-0117?

CVE-2023-0117 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Huawei Emui, published on 26 May 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The online authentication provided by the hwKitAssistant lacks strict identity verification of applications. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability of features,such as MeeTime.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-0117?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Huawei Emui.

How do I fix CVE-2023-0117?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-0117 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-2023-0117 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-0117 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Huawei Emui vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-c74m-6p5x-cfmf.

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