CVE-2020-9119: Huawei Mate 10 Firmware

Medium severity, CVSS 6.2. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

There is a privilege escalation vulnerability on some Huawei smart phones due to design defects. The attacker needs to physically contact the mobile phone and obtain higher privileges, and execute relevant commands, resulting in the user's privilege promotion.

Affected products

• Huawei Mate 10 Firmware: before 10.0.0.189\(c185e6r1p3\) (fixed in 10.0.0.189\(c185e6r1p3\))
• Huawei Mate 30 Firmware: before 10.1.0.156\(c00e155r7p2\) (fixed in 10.1.0.156\(c00e155r7p2\))
• Huawei Mate 30 Pro Firmware: before 10.1.0.156\(c00e156r7p2\) (fixed in 10.1.0.156\(c00e156r7p2\))
• Huawei p40 Firmware: before 10.1.0.150\(sp1c00e150r4p1\) (fixed in 10.1.0.150\(sp1c00e150r4p1\))
• Huawei p40 Pro Firmware: before 10.1.0.150\(sp1c00e150r4p1\) (fixed in 10.1.0.150\(sp1c00e150r4p1\))

Published 2020-12-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.