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CVE-2021-40033 — There is an information exposure vulnerability on several Huawei Products

Medium CVSS 5.5

There is an information exposure vulnerability on several Huawei Products. The vulnerability is due to that the software does not properly protect certain information. Successful exploit could cause information disclosure. Affected product versions include: CloudEngine 12800 V200R005C10SPC800; CloudEngine 5800 V200R005C10SPC800, V200R019C00SPC800; CloudEngine 6800 V200R005C10SPC800, V200R005C20SPC800, V200R019C00SPC800; CloudEngine 7800 V200R005C10SPC800, V200R019C00SPC800.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
5.5 (3.1)
Published
2022-01-31
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system

Affected products

  • huawei / cloudengine_12800_firmware / v200r005c10spc800
  • huawei / cloudengine_5800_firmware / v200r005c10spc800
  • huawei / cloudengine_5800_firmware / v200r019c00spc800
  • huawei / cloudengine_6800_firmware / v200r005c10spc800
  • huawei / cloudengine_6800_firmware / v200r005c20spc800
  • huawei / cloudengine_6800_firmware / v200r019c00spc800

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Matched remediation archetype

Information disclosure and sensitive data exposure

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Check exposure

  • Trace sensitive data through responses, errors, logs, metrics, traces, caches, exports, files, backups, and client bundles.
  • Identify affected subjects, tenants, retention windows, access controls, and downstream copies without opening unnecessary sensitive records.
  • Review metadata, timing, status, length, and existence signals as well as direct content disclosure.

Remediate safely

  • Minimize collection and output, apply field-level authorization and redaction at a centralized boundary, and return generic external errors.
  • Remove secrets and sensitive data from logs, artifacts, URLs, caches, and client-side bundles; rotate credentials that may have been exposed.
  • Update the affected component and add synthetic-data tests for response, error, observability, and export paths.

Authoritative sources

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