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CVE-2023-41305 (GCVE-0-2023-41305)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-26 01:12 – Updated: 2024-09-24 18:08
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Summary
Vulnerability of 5G messages being sent without being encrypted in a VPN environment in the SMS message module. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect confidentiality.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-24 18:07 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-326 - Inadequate Encryption Strength
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Huawei HarmonyOS Affected: 4.0.0
Affected: 3.1.0
Affected: 3.0.0
Affected: 2.0.1
Affected: 2.0.0
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Huawei EMUI Affected: 13.0.0
Affected: 12.0.1
Affected: 12.0.0
Affected: 11.0.1
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