CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2020-9244 — Huawei Mate 20 Firmware security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 6.8

HUAWEI Mate 20 versions Versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C00E160R3P8);HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro versions Versions earlier than 10.1.0.270(C431E7R1P5),Versions earlier than 10.1.0.270(C635E3R1P5),Versions earlier than 10.1.0.273(C636E7R2P4);HUAWEI Mate 20 X versions Versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C00E160R2P8);HUAWEI P30 versions Versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C00E160R2P11);HUAWEI P30 Pro versions Versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C00E160R2P8);HUAWEI Mate 20 RS versions Versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C786E160R3P8);HonorMagic2 versions Versions earlier than 10.0.0.187(C00E61R2P11);Honor20 versions Versions earlier than 10.0.0.175(C00E58R4P11);Honor20 PRO versions Versions earlier than 10.0.0.194(C00E62R8P12);HonorMagic2 versions Versions earlier than 10.0.0.187(C00E61R2P11);HonorV20 versions Versions earlier than 10.0.0.188(C00E62R2P11) have an improper authentication vulnerability. The system does not properly sign certain encrypted file, the attacker should gain the key used to encrypt the file, successful exploit could cause certain file be forged

Severity
Medium
CVSS
6.8 (3.1)
Published
2020-08-11
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system

Affected products

  • huawei / mate_20_firmware
  • huawei / mate_20_pro_firmware
  • huawei / mate_20_x_firmware
  • huawei / p30_firmware
  • huawei / p30_pro_firmware
  • huawei / mate_20_rs_firmware

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Matched remediation archetype

Authentication bypass and missing authentication

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Check exposure

  • Map every affected endpoint and protocol path, including alternate ports, legacy routes, recovery flows, service accounts, and machine-to-machine access.
  • Confirm which deployments enable the affected authentication mode and whether the interface is reachable from untrusted networks.
  • Review session, token, credential, and proxy trust configuration without attempting account takeover.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the supported fix and centralize fail-closed authentication before protected request handling.
  • Remove default or embedded credentials, rotate affected secrets and sessions, and bind authentication decisions to the intended audience and channel.
  • Add negative tests for alternate routes, malformed or absent credentials, recovery flows, and proxy-derived identity.

Authoritative sources

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