What is CVE-2021-22490?

CVE-2021-22490 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Emui, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-10-28.

How severe is CVE-2021-22490?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Huawei Emui

CVE-2021-22490

There is a Permission verification vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect the device performance.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.006 (45.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Huawei Emui — versions 11.0.0, 10.1.1, 10.1.0
Huawei Magic Ui — versions 4.0.0, 3.1.1, 3.1.0
Huawei Magic_ui — versions 3.1.0, 3.1.1, 4.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

psirt@huawei.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-22490?: CVE-2021-22490 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Emui, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-10-28.
How severe is CVE-2021-22490?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.