CVE-2024-32991 Missing authorization in EMUI

High 7.5 Published Updated

Attackers can exploit a permission verification flaw in wpa_supplicant to cause denial of service on Huawei devices.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-32991?

CVE-2024-32991 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Huawei Emui, published on 11 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Permission verification vulnerability in the wpa_supplicant module Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will affect availability.

Weakness: CWE-16

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-32991?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Huawei Emui, Huawei Harmonyos.

How do I fix CVE-2024-32991?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-32991 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-2024-32991 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-32991 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Huawei Emui vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-h96m-wf7f-j6gj.

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