Huawei Password Cipher — Decrypt

To use:

This is the . It is not a standard hash like MD5 or SHA256, nor is it fully encrypted. It is a proprietary, obfuscated encoding format unique to Huawei’s VRP (Versatile Routing Platform) and some ONT/ONU devices.

system-view user-interface vty 0 4 set authentication password simple NewPassword123 Then re-export the config – the new password will appear in cipher, but you know the plaintext. For VRP5 ciphers, Hashcat mode 11500 (Huawei VRP5) sometimes works: decrypt huawei password cipher

for i, ch in enumerate(cipher_text.encode()): plaintext.append(ch ^ key_stream[i % len(key_stream)])

In this article, we will break down exactly what the Huawei cipher is, how to back to plaintext, the legal and ethical boundaries, and the tools required. Part 1: What Is the Huawei "Cipher" Format? When you export a Huawei device configuration using commands like display current-configuration , you often see lines such as: To use: This is the

display current-configuration | include password On older firmware, if you have console access but your password is shown in cipher, you can set a new one:

python3 decrypt.py "%^%#H`&~4#J;2J6!9l5X;$(L,;Q&.aV&<Z#V%^%" If the output is garbled, the key stream is different. Try huawei-cipher-tool by scarvell on GitHub, which includes VRP5, VRP8, and ONT variants. Some Huawei devices allow password decryption via display password-control configuration or by dumping the password in clear using: When you export a Huawei device configuration using

#!/usr/bin/env python3 import sys KEY = b'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789!@#$%^&*()' # Simplified