Huawei products IPS Module; NGFW Module; NIP6300; NIP6600; NIP6800; Secospace USG6300; Secospace USG6500; Secospace USG6600; USG9500 with v…

published 2020-06-08 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-29928

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.9%; EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits: 0; none known

Huawei products IPS Module; NGFW Module; NIP6300; NIP6600; NIP6800; Secospace USG6300; Secospace USG6500; Secospace USG6600; USG9500 with versions of V500R001C00; V500R001C20; V500R001C30; V500R001C50; V500R001C60; V500R001C80; V500R005C00; V500R005C10; V500R005C20; V500R002C00; V500R002C10; V500R002C20; V500R002C30 have an improper authentication vulnerability. Attackers need to perform some operations to exploit the vulnerability. Successful exploit may obtain certain permissions on the device.

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Exploit prediction

0.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

n/a IPS Module; NGFW Module; NIP6300; NIP6600; NIP6800; Secospace USG6300; Secospace USG6500; Secospace USG6600; USG9500

Classification

Weakness

CWE-287 Improper Authentication

References

huawei.com /en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20200506-02-authentication-en
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-9099
NVD CVE-2020-9099

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