CVE-2018-7940

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.2 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-05-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

Huawei smart phones Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro with earlier versions than 8.0.0.129(SP2C00) and earlier versions than 8.0.0.129(SP2C01) have an authentication bypass vulnerability. An attacker with high privilege obtains the smart phone and bypass the activation function by some specific operations.

Affected products

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 9: before 8.0.0.129\(sp2c00\) — fixed in 8.0.0.129\(sp2c00\)
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 9 Pro: before 8.0.0.129\(sp2c01\) — fixed in 8.0.0.129\(sp2c01\)

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 9 8.0.0.129\(sp2c00\); Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 9 Pro 8.0.0.129\(sp2c01\). Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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