What is CVE-2022-48488?

CVE-2022-48488 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Emui, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-06-19.

How severe is CVE-2022-48488?

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

Auth bypass in Huawei Emui

CVE-2022-48488

Vulnerability of bypassing the default desktop security controls.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause unauthorized modifications to the desktop.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2023-06-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (20.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 20th percentile — 20.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Huawei Emui — versions 13.0.0, 12.0.1, 12.0.0
Huawei Harmonyos — versions 3.1.0, 3.0.0, 2.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2023/6/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-48488?: CVE-2022-48488 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Emui, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-06-19.
How severe is CVE-2022-48488?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.