CVE-2023-21626
Improper Authentication in HLOS.
7.1 High
Cryptographic issue in HLOS due to improper authentication while performing key velocity checks using more than one key.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
0.11%Up 0.1 points since Aug 9, 2023
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Improper Authentication in HLOS.
Cryptographic issue in HLOS due to improper authentication while performing key velocity checks using more than one key.
- Record
CVE-2023-21626- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-320
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-25793
Cryptographic issue in HLOS due to improper authentication while performing key velocity checks using more than one key.
- Record
EUVD-2023-25793- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mx82-492r-vjvf
Cryptographic issue in HLOS due to improper authentication while performing key velocity checks...
Cryptographic issue in HLOS due to improper authentication while performing key velocity checks using more than one key.
- Record
GHSA-mx82-492r-vjvf- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Cryptographic issue in HLOS due to improper authentication while performing key velocity checks using more than one key.
- Record
CVE-2023-21626- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-320, CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- qualcomm apq8009 firmware
- qualcomm apq8017 firmware
- qualcomm apq8037 firmware
- qualcomm aqt1000 firmware
- qualcomm ar8035 firmware
- qualcomm csra6620 firmware
- qualcomm csra6640 firmware
- qualcomm csrb31024 firmware
- qualcomm fsm10056 firmware
- qualcomm mdm8207 firmware
- qualcomm mdm9205 firmware
- qualcomm mdm9206 firmware
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- qualcomm mdm9207 firmware
- qualcomm mdm9607 firmware
- qualcomm mdm9628 firmware
- qualcomm msm8108 firmware
- qualcomm msm8208 firmware
- qualcomm msm8209 firmware
- qualcomm msm8608 firmware
- qualcomm msm8917 firmware
- qualcomm msm8920 firmware
- qualcomm msm8937 firmware
- qualcomm msm8940 firmware
- qualcomm pm8937 firmware
- qualcomm qam8295p firmware
- qualcomm qca4004 firmware
- qualcomm qca4020 firmware
- qualcomm qca6174a firmware
- qualcomm qca6310 firmware
- qualcomm qca6320 firmware
- qualcomm qca6335 firmware
- qualcomm qca6390 firmware
- qualcomm qca6391 firmware
- qualcomm qca6420 firmware
- qualcomm qca6421 firmware
- qualcomm qca6426 firmware
- qualcomm qca6430 firmware
- qualcomm qca6431 firmware
- qualcomm qca6436 firmware
- qualcomm qca6564 firmware
- qualcomm qca6564a firmware
- qualcomm qca6564au firmware
- qualcomm qca6574 firmware
- qualcomm qca6574a firmware
- qualcomm qca6574au firmware
- qualcomm qca6595 firmware
- qualcomm qca6595au firmware
- qualcomm qca6696 firmware
- qualcomm qca8081 firmware
- qualcomm qca8337 firmware
- qualcomm qca9367 firmware
- qualcomm qca9377 firmware
- qualcomm qca9379 firmware
- qualcomm qcm2290 firmware
- qualcomm qcm4290 firmware
- qualcomm qcm6125 firmware
- qualcomm qcm6490 firmware
- qualcomm qcn7606 firmware
- qualcomm qcs2290 firmware
- qualcomm qcs405 firmware
- qualcomm qcs410 firmware
- qualcomm qcs4290 firmware
- qualcomm qcs603 firmware
- qualcomm qcs605 firmware
- qualcomm qcs610 firmware
- qualcomm qcs6125 firmware
- qualcomm qcs6490 firmware
- qualcomm qcs8155 firmware
- qualcomm qcx315 firmware
- qualcomm qm215 firmware
- qualcomm qsm8350 firmware
- qualcomm sa4150p firmware
- qualcomm sa4155p firmware
- qualcomm sa415m firmware
- qualcomm sa515m firmware
- qualcomm sa6145p firmware
- qualcomm sa6150p firmware
- qualcomm sa6155 firmware
- qualcomm sa6155p firmware
- qualcomm sa8145p firmware
- qualcomm sa8150p firmware
- qualcomm sa8155 firmware
- qualcomm sa8155p firmware
- qualcomm sa8195p firmware
- qualcomm sa8295p firmware
- qualcomm sa8540p firmware
- qualcomm sa9000p firmware
- qualcomm sc8180x\+sdx55 firmware
- qualcomm sd205 firmware
- qualcomm sd210 firmware
- qualcomm sd429 firmware
- qualcomm sd439 firmware
- qualcomm sd450 firmware
- qualcomm sd460 firmware
- qualcomm sd480 firmware
- qualcomm sd625 firmware
- qualcomm sd626 firmware
- qualcomm sd632 firmware
- qualcomm sd660 firmware
- qualcomm sd662 firmware
- qualcomm sd665 firmware
- qualcomm sd670 firmware
- qualcomm sd675 firmware
- qualcomm sd678 firmware
- qualcomm sd680 firmware
- qualcomm sd690 5g firmware
- qualcomm sd695 firmware
- qualcomm sd710 firmware
- qualcomm sd720g firmware
- qualcomm sd730 firmware
- qualcomm sd750g firmware
- qualcomm sd765 firmware
- qualcomm sd765g firmware
- qualcomm sd768g firmware
- qualcomm sd778g firmware
- qualcomm sd780g firmware
- qualcomm sd7c firmware
- qualcomm sd835 firmware
- qualcomm sd845 firmware
- qualcomm sd850 firmware
- qualcomm sd855 firmware
- qualcomm sd865 5g firmware
- qualcomm sd870 firmware
- qualcomm sd888 5g firmware
- qualcomm sd888 firmware
- qualcomm sd 455 firmware
- qualcomm sd 636 firmware
- qualcomm sd 675 firmware
- qualcomm sd 8 gen1 5g firmware
- qualcomm sd 8cx gen2 firmware
- qualcomm sd 8cx gen3 firmware
- qualcomm sda429w firmware
- qualcomm sdm429w firmware
- qualcomm sdm630 firmware
- qualcomm sdx24 firmware
- qualcomm sdx50m firmware
- qualcomm sdx55 firmware
- qualcomm sdx55m firmware
- qualcomm sdx65 firmware
- qualcomm sdxr1 firmware
- qualcomm sdxr2 5g firmware
- qualcomm sm4125 firmware
- qualcomm sm4375 firmware
- qualcomm sm6250 firmware
- qualcomm sm6250p firmware
- qualcomm sm7250p firmware
- qualcomm sm7315 firmware
- qualcomm sm7325p firmware
- qualcomm snapdragon
- qualcomm sxr2150p firmware
- qualcomm wcd9306 firmware
- qualcomm wcd9326 firmware
- qualcomm wcd9330 firmware
- qualcomm wcd9335 firmware
- qualcomm wcd9340 firmware
- qualcomm wcd9341 firmware
- qualcomm wcd9360 firmware
- qualcomm wcd9370 firmware
- qualcomm wcd9371 firmware
- qualcomm wcd9375 firmware
- qualcomm wcd9380 firmware
- qualcomm wcd9385 firmware
- qualcomm wcn3610 firmware
- qualcomm wcn3615 firmware
- qualcomm wcn3620 firmware
- qualcomm wcn3660 firmware
- qualcomm wcn3660b firmware
- qualcomm wcn3680 firmware
- qualcomm wcn3680b firmware
- qualcomm wcn3910 firmware
- qualcomm wcn3950 firmware
- qualcomm wcn3980 firmware
- qualcomm wcn3988 firmware
- qualcomm wcn3990 firmware
- qualcomm wcn3991 firmware
- qualcomm wcn3998 firmware
- qualcomm wcn6740 firmware
- qualcomm wcn6750 firmware
- qualcomm wcn6850 firmware
- qualcomm wcn6851 firmware
- qualcomm wcn6855 firmware
- qualcomm wcn6856 firmware
- qualcomm wsa8810 firmware
- qualcomm wsa8815 firmware
- qualcomm wsa8830 firmware
- qualcomm wsa8835 firmware
- qualcomm, inc. snapdragon
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-21626 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, published August 8, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.11%, the 1st percentile. No source names a fixed version.