CVE-2023-44117 Auth bypass in EMUI

High 7.5 Published Updated

Attackers can exploit inaccurate trust relationships in distributed scenarios to bypass security controls and access confidential service data.

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-2023-44117?

CVE-2023-44117 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Huawei Emui, published on 16 Jan 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability of trust relationships being inaccurate in distributed scenarios. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.

Weakness: CWE-290

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-44117?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Huawei Emui, Huawei Harmonyos.

How do I fix CVE-2023-44117?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-44117 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-2023-44117 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-44117 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Huawei Emui vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-gmxg-c36j-9c9p.

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