The iBMC (Intelligent Baseboard Management Controller) of some Huawei servers have an authentication bypass vulnerability.

published 2018-05-24 8y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-19654

cvss: 7.5; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.6%; EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
public exploits: 0; none known

The iBMC (Intelligent Baseboard Management Controller) of some Huawei servers have an authentication bypass vulnerability. An unauthenticated, remote attacker may send some specially crafted messages to the affected products. Due to improper authentication design, successful exploit may cause some information leak.

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Exploit prediction

1.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 1288H V5; 2288H V5; 2488 V5; CH121 V3; CH121L V3; CH121L V5; CH121 V5; CH140 V3; CH140L V3; CH220 V3; CH222 V3; CH242 V3; CH242 V5; RH1288 V3; RH2288 V3; RH2288H V3; XH310 V3; XH321 V3; XH321 V5; XH620 V3

References

huawei.com /en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180523-01-server-en
broken-link
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/143686
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-7942
NVD CVE-2018-7942

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