Auth bypass in Huawei Band 2

CVE-2019-5218

There is an insufficient authentication vulnerability in Huawei Band 2 and Honor Band 3. The band does not sufficiently authenticate the device try to connect to it in certain scenario. Successful exploit could allow the attacker to spoof then connect to the band.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (30.8th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 30.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2019-5218: held from 0.004 to 0.004.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5218?
CVE-2019-5218 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Band 2, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-11-29.
How severe is CVE-2019-5218?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.