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CVE-2018-7910· NVD / CVE Program· CNA huawei

Some Huawei smartphones ALP-AL00B 8.0.0.118D(C00), ALP-TL00B 8.0.0.118D(C01), BLA-AL00B 8.0.0.118D(C00), BLA-L09C 8.0.0.127(C432), 8.0.0.128

Some Huawei smartphones ALP-AL00B 8.0.0.118D(C00), ALP-TL00B 8.0.0.118D(C01), BLA-AL00B 8.0.0.118D(C00), BLA-L09C 8.0.0.127(C432), 8.0.0.128(C432), 8.0.0.137(C432), BLA-L29C 8.0.0.129(C432), 8.0.0.137(C432) have an authentication bypass vulnerability. When the attacker obtains the user's smartphone, the vulnerability can be used to replace the start-up program so that the attacker can obtain the information in the smartphone and achieve the purpose of controlling the smartphone.

MediumCVSS 6.8 · v3.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Nov 13, 2018
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 18th percentile
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Action score

27

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
27 / 40 · 6.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
huaweialp-al00b firmware
huaweialp-al00b
huaweialp-tl00b firmware
huaweialp-tl00b
huaweibla-al00b firmware
huaweibla-al00b
huaweibla-l09c firmware
huaweibla-l09c
huaweibla-l29c firmware
huaweibla-l29c

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • huawei alp-al00b firmware8.0.0.1.18d(c00)
  • huawei alp-tl00b firmware8.0.0.1.18d(c01)
  • huawei bla-al00b firmware8.0.0.1.18d(c00)
  • huawei bla-l09c firmware8.0.0.127(c432)
  • huawei bla-l09c firmware8.0.0.128(c432)
  • huawei bla-l09c firmware8.0.0.137(c432)
  • huawei bla-l29c firmware8.0.0.127(c432)
  • huawei bla-l29c firmware8.0.0.137(c432)

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (huawei). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. ALP-AL00B, ALP-TL00B, BLA-AL00B, BLA-L09C, BLA-L29C

    • ALP-AL00B 8.0.0.118D(C00), ALP-TL00B 8.0.0.118D(C01), BLA-AL00B 8.0.0.118D(C00), BLA-L09C 8.0.0.127(C432), 8.0.0.128(C432), 8.0.0.137(C432), BLA-L29C 8.0.0.129(C432), 8.0.0.137(C432)affected

Same product

huawei: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2019-5303There are two denial of service vulnerabilities on some Huawei smartphones.
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2019-5302There are two denial of service vulnerabilities on some Huawei smartphones.
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2019-5235Some Huawei smart phones have a null pointer dereference vulnerability.
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2019-19412Huawei smart phones have a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass security vulnerability.
    18Monitor
  • CVE-2018-7911Some Huawei smart phones ALP-AL00B 8.0.0.106(C00), 8.0.0.113(SP2C00), 8.0.0.113(SP3C00), 8.0.0.113(SP7C00), 8.0.0.118(C00), 8.0.0.120(SP2C00
    18Monitor
  • CVE-2018-7901RCS module in Huawei ALP-AL00B smart phones with software versions earlier than 8.0.0.129, BLA-AL00B smart phones with software versions ear
    17Monitor

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

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

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.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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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

  • Physical access to the device is required.
  • No account or password is required.
  • 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
Physical
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-287 · Improper Authentication

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/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 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
app.use("/admin", requireSession, adminRouter);
// Route added later skips the middlewareapp.post("/admin-api/config", updateConfig);

Fixed

ts
const admin = express.Router();admin.use(requireSession, requireRole("admin"));
admin.post("/config", updateConfig);app.use("/admin", admin);

Attack context

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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.

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