{"id":"CVE-2018-7942","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-7942","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:19:53.171Z","title":"The iBMC (Intelligent Baseboard Management Controller) of some Huawei servers have an authentication bypass vulnerability.","description":"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.","published":"2018-05-24T14:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:03:59.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@huawei.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["huawei/1288h v5 firmware","huawei/2288h v5 firmware","huawei/2488 v5 firmware","huawei/ch242 v3 firmware","huawei/ch121l v3 firmware","huawei/ch121l v5 firmware","huawei/ch121 v3 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.01607,"percentile":0.7576,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.61%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180523-01-server-en","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"psirt@huawei.com"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/143686","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"nvd@nist.gov"},{"url":"http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180523-01-server-en","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7942","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}