Huawei HarmonyOS AILife Solution authentication bypass

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Huawei HarmonyOS AILife Solution. This issue affects some unknown processing. This manipulation causes authentication bypass. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2022-48470. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei HarmonyOS AILife Solution (version now known). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication bypass vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-305. The authentication algorithm is sound, but the implemented mechanism can be bypassed as the result of a separate weakness that is primary to the authentication error. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Huawei HiLink AI Life product has an identity authentication bypass vulnerability. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow attackers to access restricted functions.(Vulnerability ID:HWPSIRT-2022-42291) This vulnerability has been assigned a (CVE)ID:CVE-2022-48470

The advisory is shared at huawei.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-48470 since 04/18/2023. The exploitation appears to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/09/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.8

VulDB Base Score: 3.6
VulDB Temp Score: 3.6
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CNA Base Score: 4.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authentication bypass
CWE: CWE-305 / CWE-287
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/18/2023 🔍
12/28/2024 +620 days 🔍
12/28/2024 +0 days 🔍
12/09/2025 +346 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-48470 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-48470
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-289645

Entryinfo

Created: 12/28/2024 09:15
Updated: 12/09/2025 22:27
Changes: 12/28/2024 09:15 (60), 12/09/2025 22:27 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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