Huawei VIP App is a mobile app for Malaysia customers that purchased P20 Series, Nova…
Priority LOW 25Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Huawei VIP App is a mobile app for Malaysia customers that purchased P20 Series, Nova 3/3i and Mate 20. There is a vulnerability in versions before 4.0.5 that attackers can conduct bruteforce to the VIP App Web Services to get user information.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00764 55th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Huawei VIP App (Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.): 4.0.5
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huawei | Huawei VIP App | before 4.0.5 | 4.0.5 | Patch available | CNA |
- Huawei VIP App VendorHuawei Affected before 4.0.5 Fixed in 4.0.5 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 7
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:huawei:vip_app:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 4.0.5 | Vulnerable | Huawei |
| cpe:2.3:o:huawei:mate_20_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Vulnerable | Huawei |
| cpe:2.3:h:huawei:mate_20:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Huawei |
| cpe:2.3:o:huawei:nova_3i_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Vulnerable | Huawei |
| cpe:2.3:h:huawei:nova_3i:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Huawei |
| cpe:2.3:o:huawei:nova_3_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Vulnerable | Huawei |
| cpe:2.3:h:huawei:nova_3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Huawei |
- cpe:2.3:a:huawei:vip_app:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.0.5 Vulnerable ·Huawei
- cpe:2.3:o:huawei:mate_20_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Huawei
- cpe:2.3:h:huawei:mate_20:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Huawei
- cpe:2.3:o:huawei:nova_3i_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Huawei
- cpe:2.3:h:huawei:nova_3i:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Huawei
- cpe:2.3:o:huawei:nova_3_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Huawei
- cpe:2.3:h:huawei:nova_3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Huawei
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Huawei VIP App (Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.) Fixed in 4.0.5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-7956
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2cf4-p763-jjfp
References
More Huawei Mate 20 Firmware vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-00021 In reassemble_and_dispatch of packet_fragmenter.cc, there is possible out of bounds write… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2019-06941 Cryptographic flaw in Bluetooth BR/EDR CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2020-07388 Buffer overflow in Huawei HONOR 20 PRO CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2019-03660 Buffer overflow in P30, Mate 20, P30 Pro CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2020-07324 Buffer overflow in HUAWEI Mate 20 CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
- TI-2020-07385 HUAWEI Mate 20 versions Versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C00E160R3P8);HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8
Sources
- CVE-2018-7956 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-7956 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2cf4-p763-jjfp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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