Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessGain local code execution on HarmonyOS device
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ExploitInvoke graphics module interface
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ExecutionBypass permission control (CWE-264)
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ImpactRead restricted confidential data
Vulnerability Assessment
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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 | Exploitation requires local access to a HarmonyOS device - per AV:L, the attacker must already be able to run code in a local context (e.g. a malicious or compromised installed application), not reach the device over a network. No authentication or privileges are required (PR:N) and no user interaction is needed (UI:N). The flaw is a permission-control weakness in the graphics module (CWE-264) whose precise triggering interface, configuration, and affected HarmonyOS versions are not described in the available sources. Impact is limited to confidentiality (C:H) with no integrity or availability effect, which bounds realistic risk to information disclosure rather than device takeover; the local-only vector is the primary limiting factor. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity local information-disclosure flaw, not a top-priority emergency. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, 6.2) describes a local-only attack (AV:L) that requires no privileges or user interaction and yields high confidentiality impact with zero integrity or availability impact. The vuln.today decision label is 'this_month', consistent with a bug that warrants scheduled patching rather than immediate response. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no POC reference are present in the input, so exploitation status is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis'. One signal conflict to note: the Tags list 'Privilege Escalation', but the CVSS and description indicate confidentiality-only impact (C:H/I:N/A:N) via a permission-control weakness (CWE-264), so the real-world effect is unauthorized data/resource access rather than code execution or full privilege elevation - verify the exact mechanism against the Huawei bulletin. The local attack vector and confidentiality-only impact together place this well below the urgency of a remotely exploitable or actively exploited issue. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A malicious or low-trust application already installed on a HarmonyOS device abuses a permission-control weakness in the graphics module to read data it should not be able to access, disclosing sensitive information. Because the CVSS vector is AV:L/PR:N/UI:N, the attacker needs local execution context on the device but no prior privileges and no user interaction. No public exploit code or POC reference was provided in the input. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Nov 02, 2026
A permission-control weakness in the HarmonyOS graphics module lets a locally present attacker read data that should be protected, with high confidentiality impact and no integrity or availability effect. Because the CVSS vector is local-only (AV:L) with no privileges or user interaction required (PR:N/UI:N), the realistic threat is a malicious or compromised app already installed on the device rather than a network-facing attacker. Exploitation status is unconfirmed: no public exploit code is known at time of analysis, CISA KEV does not list this CVE, and it is rated for attention this month rather than immediate action; the exact triggering interface and affected HarmonyOS versions are not described in the available sources.
RemediationAI
Apply the HarmonyOS update described in the applicable October 2026 Huawei consumer security bulletin for your device family - https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2026/10/ for phones and tablets, https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletinlaptops/2026/10/ for laptops, https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletinwearables/2026/10/ for wearables and https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletinvision/2026/10/ for Vision products; the available data does not list an exact fixed version string, so confirm the patch level against the bulletin for your model. Because the flaw requires local code execution (AV:L), reducing exposure before patching means restricting installation of applications to trusted sources and reviewing sideloaded or untrusted apps that run on affected devices - a measure that lowers the chance of a hostile local app being present but does not remove the underlying permission weakness. No network-side or configuration workaround is described in the sources, and no vendor-released patch version number is identified in the provided data beyond the bulletin references above.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The flaw is classified CWE-264 (permissions, privileges and access controls), and Huawei describes it as a permission-control vulnerability in the HarmonyOS graphics module - the system component that mediates display composition, GPU/surface access and drawing buffers. CPE data maps the affected platform to cpe:2.3:a:huawei:harmonyos with an unspecified version range, and Huawei's October 2026 consumer bulletins cover phones, laptops, wearables and vision devices, indicating a cross-form-factor platform fix. The CVSS:3.1 vector AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N describes a low-complexity local attack that yields high confidentiality loss without affecting integrity or availability, consistent with an isolation/access-check gap that exposes graphics-layer data across security boundaries. The sources do not state which graphics API, IPC surface or data structure is involved, so the trigger is not described in the available sources.
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Severity by source
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Permission-control flaw exploitable by a local unprivileged app (AV:L, PR:N, UI:N) disclosing sensitive data only, so C:H with I:N and A:N.
Primary rating from Vendor (huawei).
CVSS VectorVendor: huawei
DescriptionCVE.org
Permission control vulnerability in the graphics module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect confidentiality.
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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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