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CVE-2021-40055: Huawei OTA Insecure SSL Configuration Man-In-The-Middle Vulnerability

Summary In this advisory we are disclosing a vulnerability in the Huawei Over-The-Air (OTA) update implementation that allows bypassing SSL protections and execute a Man-In-The-Middle attack. The vulnerability was fixed in March 2022. Vulnerability Details Huawei devices - both those running Android and those running HarmonyOS - use Huawei’s custom implementation for applying OTA updates. OTA upda

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Source category
Research & news
Report title
CVE-2021-40055: Huawei OTA Insecure SSL Configuration Man-In-The-Middle Vulnerability
First reported
May 18, 2022 00:00 UTC
Last reported
May 18, 2022 00:00 UTC
Catalog updated
Oct 08, 2026 03:51 UTC
Record ID
85eb540fb027972e72a32890eb6564722142da6e70284a733ca12c7109de640e

CVEs mentioned by sources

CVE-2021-40055

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Source-provided label
Not reported
Evidence class
mentioned in report
Confidence
Not reported
Observed
May 18, 2022 00:00 UTC
Retrieved
Oct 08, 2026 03:51 UTC

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