CVE-2024-56440 Missing authorization in EMUI

Medium 6.2 Published 8 Jan 2025 Updated 8 Jan 2025

Attackers can bypass permission controls in the Connectivity module, causing abnormal feature behavior 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-2024-56440?

CVE-2024-56440 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Huawei Emui, published on 8 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Permission control vulnerability in the Connectivity module Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause features to perform abnormally.

Weakness: CWE-276, CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-56440?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Huawei Emui, Huawei Harmonyos.

How do I fix CVE-2024-56440?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-56440 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-2024-56440 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-56440 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Huawei Emui vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-xwx4-gp8x-6vg5.