Confidentiality loss via unrestricted authentication attempts
Published Oct 11, 2023 · Updated Sep 18, 2024
Improper authentication in listed Huawei HarmonyOS and EMUI releases allows remote attackers to expose confidential service data via brute force. The device authentication module insufficiently restricts repeated authentication attempts, but Huawei has not disclosed the affected interface or credential flow. Exploitation requires network access to a reachable device authentication interface; the published impact is limited to confidentiality, with no reported data modification or service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Improper authentication in listed Huawei HarmonyOS and EMUI releases allows remote attackers to expose confidential service data via brute force. The device authentication module insufficiently restricts repeated authentication attempts, but Huawei has not disclosed the affected interface or credential flow. Exploitation requires network access to a reachable device authentication interface; the published impact is limited to confidentiality, with no reported data modification or service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-44096
- Published
- Oct 11, 2023
- Updated
- Sep 18, 2024
- Vendor
- Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Product
- HarmonyOS
- Classifications
- CWE-307, CWE-287, T1110
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 11, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 18, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=2.1.0
- Affected versionversion=3.0.0
- Affected versionversion=3.1.0
- Affected versionversion=4.0.0
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