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TI-2021-17254 Aliases CVE-2021-40042GHSA-2grq-h2qw-x3px

There is a release of invalid pointer vulnerability in some Huawei products, successful…

Priority LOW 30CWE-763Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

There is a release of invalid pointer vulnerability in some Huawei products, successful exploit may cause the process and service abnormal. Affected product versions include: CloudEngine 12800 V200R019C10SPC800, V200R019C10SPC900; CloudEngine 5800 V200R019C10SPC800, V200R020C00SPC600; CloudEngine 6800 versions V200R019C10SPC800, V200R019C10SPC900, V200R020C00SPC600, V300R020C00SPC200; CloudEngine 7800 V200R019C10SPC800.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00562 46th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 13

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_12800_firmware:v200r019c10spc800:*:*:*:*:*:*:*v200r019c10spc800VulnerableHuawei
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_12800_firmware:v200r019c10spc900:*:*:*:*:*:*:*v200r019c10spc900VulnerableHuawei
cpe:2.3:h:huawei:cloudengine_12800:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onHuawei
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_5800_firmware:v200r019c10spc800:*:*:*:*:*:*:*v200r019c10spc800VulnerableHuawei
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_5800_firmware:v200r020c00spc600:*:*:*:*:*:*:*v200r020c00spc600VulnerableHuawei
cpe:2.3:h:huawei:cloudengine_5800:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onHuawei
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_6800_firmware:v200r019c10spc800:*:*:*:*:*:*:*v200r019c10spc800VulnerableHuawei
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_6800_firmware:v200r019c10spc900:*:*:*:*:*:*:*v200r019c10spc900VulnerableHuawei
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_6800_firmware:v200r020c00spc600:*:*:*:*:*:*:*v200r020c00spc600VulnerableHuawei
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_6800_firmware:v300r020c00spc200:*:*:*:*:*:*:*v300r020c00spc200VulnerableHuawei
  • cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_12800_firmware:v200r019c10spc800:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions v200r019c10spc800 Vulnerable ·Huawei
  • cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_12800_firmware:v200r019c10spc900:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions v200r019c10spc900 Vulnerable ·Huawei
  • cpe:2.3:h:huawei:cloudengine_12800:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Huawei
  • cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_5800_firmware:v200r019c10spc800:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions v200r019c10spc800 Vulnerable ·Huawei
  • cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_5800_firmware:v200r020c00spc600:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions v200r020c00spc600 Vulnerable ·Huawei
  • cpe:2.3:h:huawei:cloudengine_5800:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Huawei
  • cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_6800_firmware:v200r019c10spc800:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions v200r019c10spc800 Vulnerable ·Huawei
  • cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_6800_firmware:v200r019c10spc900:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions v200r019c10spc900 Vulnerable ·Huawei
  • cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_6800_firmware:v200r020c00spc600:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions v200r020c00spc600 Vulnerable ·Huawei
  • cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_6800_firmware:v300r020c00spc200:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions v300r020c00spc200 Vulnerable ·Huawei
Show 3 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:h:huawei:cloudengine_6800:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onHuawei
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_7800_firmware:v200r019c10spc800:*:*:*:*:*:*:*v200r019c10spc800VulnerableHuawei
cpe:2.3:h:huawei:cloudengine_7800:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onHuawei
  • cpe:2.3:h:huawei:cloudengine_6800:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Huawei
  • cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_7800_firmware:v200r019c10spc800:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions v200r019c10spc800 Vulnerable ·Huawei
  • cpe:2.3:h:huawei:cloudengine_7800:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Huawei

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-40042
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2grq-h2qw-x3px

References

  • TI-2016-05301 Huawei NE40E and CX600 devices with software before V800R007SPH017; PTN 6900-2-M8 devices… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-12675 Improper certificate validation in Huawei… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-07360 Improper authentication in Huawei CloudEngine 12800 CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2020-07334 Memory leak in Huawei CloudEngine 12800 CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2017-11262 Huawei CloudEngine 12800 V100R003C00, V100R005C00, V100R005C10, V100R006C00,CloudEngine… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2017-05722 Improper input validation in Huawei AC6005,AC6605,AR1200,AR200,AR3200,CloudEngine… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
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Sources