What is CVE-2023-0117?

CVE-2023-0117 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Emui, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-05-26.

How severe is CVE-2023-0117?

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

Auth bypass in Huawei Emui

CVE-2023-0117

The online authentication provided by the hwKitAssistant lacks strict identity verification of applications. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability of features,such as MeeTime.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2023-05-26 · 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:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (33.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 34th percentile — 33.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

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

Affected products

Huawei Emui — versions 13.0.0
Huawei Harmonyos — versions 3.1.0, 3.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2023/5/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-0117?: CVE-2023-0117 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Emui, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-05-26.
How severe is CVE-2023-0117?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.