# CVE-2025-2188: Whitelist bypass Vulnerability in GameCenter

> Attackers can bypass the whitelist mechanism in Honor GameCenter, potentially compromising service confidentiality and integrity.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 17 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9gfq-fqg4-f89q

## What is CVE-2025-2188?

CVE-2025-2188 is a high-severity vulnerability in com.hihonor.gamecenter, published on 17 Apr 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

There is a whitelist mechanism bypass in GameCenter ,successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality and integrity.

Weakness: CWE-290 (Authentication Bypass by Spoofing)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-2188?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Honor Gamecenter.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-2188?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-2188 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-2188 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-2188 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-2188 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-2188 is a high-severity vulnerability in com.hihonor.gamecenter, published on 17 Apr 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-2188 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: com.hihonor.gamecenter. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2188/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2188/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-2188
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2188
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-2188

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2188/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.