Auth bypass in Huawei Mate 30 Pro

CVE-2020-1838

HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro with versions earlier than 10.1.0.150(C00E136R5P3) have is an improper authentication vulnerability. The device does not sufficiently validate certain credential of user's face, an attacker could craft the credential of the user, successful exploit could allow the attacker to pass the authentication with the crafted credential.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (10.7th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 11th percentile — 10.7% 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-2020-1838: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-1838?
CVE-2020-1838 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Mate 30 Pro, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-07-06.
How severe is CVE-2020-1838?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-1838 known to be exploited?
3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.