SECURITY ADVISORY DOSSIER

CVE-2020-8597

CVSS 8.5HIGH

eSIM UICC Remote Profile Provisioning OTA Command Injection

Protocol StackSIM
Disclosed Year2020
CWE ClassificationCWE-347: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
ResearchersKarsten Nohl

Vulnerability Overview

Insufficient signature verification in SGP.22 eSIM Remote SIM Provisioning (RSP) download protocol enables over-the-air applet installation and subscriber identity cloning.

Affected Telecom Components

⚡ eSIM eUICC ⚡ SGP.22 RSP Gateway ⚡ SIM Toolkit Applet ⚡ SM-DP+ Server

Recommended Mitigation Guidelines

Implement GSMA SAS-SM certified PKI certificates, restrict SCP03 secure channel keys, and audit OTA applet privileges.

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