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HarmonyOS EMUI CVE-2026-41987

| EUVDEUVD-2026-74614 MEDIUM
Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CWE-264)
2026-09-09 psirt@huawei.com GHSA-j55r-q6cm-mr6c
6.2
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: huawei
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Vendor (huawei) PRIMARY
6.2 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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6.2 MEDIUM

Local unprivileged process exploits ungated app management interface causing service crash; no confidentiality or integrity impact, availability-only DoS.

3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/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
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

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Metadata Corrected
Sep 09, 2026 - 06:40 vuln.today
tag: Privilege Escalation replaced by Denial Of Service
Analysis Generated
Sep 09, 2026 - 06:36 vuln.today

DescriptionCVE.org

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

AnalysisAI

Permission control vulnerability in the app management module of Huawei HarmonyOS and EMUI allows a local unprivileged attacker to disrupt device availability without requiring any user interaction or elevated privileges. Affected platforms span nine versions across both HarmonyOS (4.0.0 through 4.3.3) and EMUI (14.0.0 through 16.0.0), covering a broad swath of active Huawei consumer devices. …

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Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation Exploitation requires local code execution on the target Huawei device - specifically, a process (such as a sideloaded or malicious application) running in the device's local execution environment. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.2 (Medium) with vector AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H reflects a local DoS-class issue: low exploitation complexity, no authentication or user interaction required, but constrained to devices where an attacker already has local code execution. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in.
Remediation Users should consult the Huawei September 2026 security bulletin at https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2026/9/ and apply any over-the-air (OTA) system updates released for affected HarmonyOS and EMUI versions. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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