What is CVE-2022-48254?

CVE-2022-48254 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Leia-B29, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2023-02-27.

How severe is CVE-2022-48254?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Huawei Leia-B29

CVE-2022-48254

There is a data processing error vulnerability in Leia-B29 2.0.0.49(M03). Successful exploitation could bypass lock screen authentication.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2023-02-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (10.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 10th percentile — 10.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

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

Affected products

Huawei Leia-B29
Huawei Leia-B29 Firmware — versions leia-b29_2.0.0.49(m03), leia-b29_2.0.0.49\(m03\)
Leia-B29 — versions Leia-B29 2.0.0.49(M03)

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/2023/huawei-sa-dpeviahb-44e16f60-en (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-48254?: CVE-2022-48254 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Leia-B29, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2023-02-27.
How severe is CVE-2022-48254?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.