Cryptographic issues in BSP due to improper hash verification in Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking
- Published
- Sep 16, 2022
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.1% · 1th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-287
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Action score
31
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.1%
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 7.8
- CNA · qualcomm
- 9.0
- 1.2 point gap
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| qualcomm | csr8811 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:csr8811_firmware |
| qualcomm | csr8811 | cpe:2.3:h:qualcomm:csr8811 |
| qualcomm | ipq5010 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq5010_firmware |
| qualcomm | ipq5010 | cpe:2.3:h:qualcomm:ipq5010 |
| qualcomm | ipq5018 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq5018_firmware |
| qualcomm | ipq5018 | cpe:2.3:h:qualcomm:ipq5018 |
| qualcomm | ipq5028 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq5028_firmware |
| qualcomm | ipq5028 | cpe:2.3:h:qualcomm:ipq5028 |
| qualcomm | ipq6000 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq6000_firmware |
| qualcomm | ipq6000 | cpe:2.3:h:qualcomm:ipq6000 |
| qualcomm | ipq6005 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ipq6005_firmware |
| qualcomm | ipq6005 | cpe:2.3:h:qualcomm:ipq6005 |
and 108 more
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- qualcomm csr8811 firmwareall versions
- qualcomm ipq5010 firmwareall versions
- qualcomm ipq5018 firmwareall versions
- qualcomm ipq5028 firmwareall versions
- qualcomm ipq6000 firmwareall versions
- qualcomm ipq6005 firmwareall versions
- qualcomm ipq6010 firmwareall versions
- qualcomm ipq6018 firmwareall versions
- qualcomm ipq6028 firmwareall versions
- qualcomm ipq8070 firmwareall versions
- qualcomm ipq8070a firmwareall versions
- qualcomm ipq8071 firmwareall versions
- qualcomm ipq8071a firmwareall versions
- qualcomm ipq8072 firmwareall versions
- qualcomm ipq8072a firmwareall versions
- qualcomm ipq8074 firmwareall versions
- qualcomm ipq8074a firmwareall versions
- qualcomm ipq8076 firmwareall versions
- qualcomm ipq8076a firmwareall versions
- qualcomm ipq8078 firmwareall versions
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (qualcomm). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking
- CSR8811, IPQ5010, IPQ5018, IPQ5028, IPQ6000, IPQ6005, IPQ6010, IPQ6018, IPQ6028, IPQ8070, IPQ8070A, IPQ8071, IPQ8071A, IPQ8072, IPQ8072A, IPQ8074, IPQ8074A, IPQ8076, IPQ8076A, IPQ8078, IPQ8078A, IPQ81affected
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-287 · Improper AuthenticationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Root cause
Authentication is added route by route instead of being enforced in one place. When a route added later bypasses the shared middleware, the session check never runs for it.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-287 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
app.use("/admin", requireSession, adminRouter);
// Route added later skips the middlewareapp.post("/admin-api/config", updateConfig);Fixed
const admin = express.Router();admin.use(requireSession, requireRole("admin"));
admin.post("/config", updateConfig);app.use("/admin", admin);Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Authentication AbuseCAPEC-114Medium
- Authentication BypassCAPEC-115Medium
- Identity SpoofingCAPEC-151likelihood: Medium · Medium
- Fake the Source of DataCAPEC-194Medium
- Exploiting Trust in ClientCAPEC-22likelihood: High · High
- Utilizing REST's Trust in the System Resource to Obtain Sensitive DataCAPEC-57likelihood: Medium · Very High
- Session HijackingCAPEC-593likelihood: High · Very High
- Token ImpersonationCAPEC-633Medium
ATT&CK techniques
Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.