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Huawei HarmonyOS CVE-2026-101184

| EUVDEUVD-2026-115105 MEDIUM
Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CWE-264)
2026-11-02 huawei
5.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: huawei
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Install or run local app on device
  2. Exploit
    Invoke flawed Bluetooth permission control
  3. Execution
    User interaction triggers the defect
  4. Impact
    Bluetooth service availability degraded/denied

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Permission and access control
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Requires local access to a Huawei HarmonyOS or EMUI device (AV:L) - consistent with a malicious or compromised local application abusing the Bluetooth module's permission control - plus user interaction (UI:R) to trigger the flaw; the precise feature, configuration, or action that triggers it is not described in the available sources. Exploitation is bounded to Huawei HarmonyOS and EMUI platforms and yields only an availability impact (C:N/I:N/A:H), so there is no data disclosure or integrity compromise path. Limiting factors: no remote/network vector, mandatory user interaction, and device must run an affected Huawei OS build.

Impact

This is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.5) local availability issue, not an urgent remote threat. The CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H is internally consistent and self-limiting: exploitation requires local access (AV:L) plus user interaction (UI:R), and the only consequence is an availability loss (A:H) with no confidentiality or integrity impact (C:N/I:N). The vuln.today decision label is 'this_month', indicating a prioritize-but-not-emergency posture rather than act_now/emergency. There is no CISA KEV listing and no EPSS score supplied in the input, and no PoC or exploit reference is present - only Huawei vendor bulletins - so there is no evidence of active or imminent exploitation. One signal conflicts with the impact data: the input Tags include 'Privilege Escalation' and the CWE is CWE-264 (permissions/privileges/access control), yet the CVSS impact is availability-only with C:N/I:N - verify with Huawei whether any privilege or data impact exists beyond the stated denial-of-service, as the tag and the scored impact disagree. On balance this reads as a genuine but low-urgency local DoS/permission-control defect rather than a high-priority remotely weaponizable flaw.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A malicious or compromised application installed on a Huawei HarmonyOS or EMUI device abuses a permission-control weakness in the Bluetooth module, and after the user performs some interaction the flaw is triggered to degrade or crash Bluetooth functionality, causing a denial of service. Exploitation is local (AV:L) and low-complexity (AC:L) but requires user interaction (UI:R) and yields only availability impact. No public exploit code or PoC reference is identified in the available sources.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
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AnalysisAIv1 – Nov 02, 2026

Improper permission enforcement in the Bluetooth module of Huawei HarmonyOS and EMUI allows a local attacker to cause a high availability impact after user interaction, rated CVSS 5.5 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H). The flaw is confined to Huawei's device operating systems and offers no confidentiality or integrity impact; no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no CISA KEV entry. Huawei's October 2026 consumer security bulletins are the reference advisories.

RemediationAI

Apply the HarmonyOS or EMUI update that Huawei lists for the specific device model in its October 2026 consumer security bulletin (https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2026/10/); the companion bulletin vision page is https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletinvision/2026/10/. The provided data does not specify an exact fixed version number, so the model-specific bulletin entry should be treated as the authoritative patch reference. Because the triggering Bluetooth feature or setting is not described in the available sources, no specific feature-disable or configuration workaround can be confirmed from this evidence; updating to the vendor-listed fixed build is the complete remediation path indicated.

Affected VersionsENISA

HarmonyOS 4.0.0
HarmonyOS 4.3.1
EMUI 14.0.0
HarmonyOS 4.3.0
EMUI 14.2.0
HarmonyOS 4.2.0
EMUI 15.0.0

Affected Packages

euvd emui no fix
euvd harmonyos no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

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Affects 2 packages in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

CWE-264 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls) indicates that the Bluetooth module does not correctly enforce a permission boundary, which a local actor can abuse on a Huawei device. The CVSS vector specifies local access (AV:L), no privileges required (PR:N), user interaction (UI:R), and an availability-only impact (C:N/I:N/A:H). The available sources do not describe the exact Bluetooth feature, configuration, or action that triggers the flaw, so the specific misuse path is unverified. The affected CPE ranges are huawei:harmonyos and huawei:emui with wildcard versions, meaning builds within the bulletin's scope should be checked against Huawei's model-specific fix list.

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Severity by source

Vendor (huawei) PRIMARY 5.5 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
vuln.today AI 5.5 MEDIUM

Local permission-control flaw in Bluetooth reachable by an unprivileged local app (AV:L/PR:N) but needing user interaction (UI:R); only availability is affected (A:H, C:N/I:N).

3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (huawei).

CVSS VectorVendor: huawei

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

DescriptionCVE.org

Permission control vulnerability in the Bluetooth module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability.

Threat Intelligence Overview

Prevalence
High
mobile OS on a large installed base of Huawei consumer devices
Data Quality
2 sources
Confidence: Low

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS N/A
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Defer
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Small
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

28
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +28
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker leverages flaws in access control mechanisms to gain permissions beyond what they were originally granted.

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