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Huawei HarmonyOS EUVDEUVD-2026-115074

| CVE-2026-101171 LOW
Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CWE-264)
2026-11-02 huawei
3.6
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
    Deliver malicious app to local device
  2. Delivery
    Induce required user interaction
  3. Exploit
    Abuse permission control in background task management
  4. Execution
    Cross trust boundary (scope change)
  5. Impact
    Disclose limited protected data

Vulnerability Assessment

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

1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation

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Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires local access to the device (AV:L) and mandatory user interaction (UI:R) - e.g. the victim installing or running attacker-supplied code - targeting the permission-control logic of the HarmonyOS background task management module. The scope change (S:C) indicates the flaw lets an actor affect resources beyond the vulnerable component's authorization scope, but impact is confined to limited confidentiality (C:L) with no integrity or availability effect per the vector. Limiting factors: no remote network vector, the requirement for user interaction, and the need for local code execution context substantially constrain realistic exploitation. The exact feature/configuration that triggers the flaw is not described in the available sources.

Impact

This is a low-severity issue (CVSS 3.1 base 3.6) and the aggregated signals agree it is not a priority. The CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N indicates a local attack vector (AV:L) requiring user interaction (UI:R), with low attack complexity and no prior privileges, yielding only a limited confidentiality impact (C:L) and no integrity or availability impact despite a scope change (S:C). The vuln.today decision label is 'monitor', the weakest urgency tier, and this is consistent with the low score. No EPSS probability, no CISA KEV listing, and no PoC/exploit reference are present in the input, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no evidence of active exploitation. One conflict must be flagged: the Impact text states exploitation 'may affect service integrity', yet the CVSS vector sets I:N and scores only C:L - this integrity/confidentiality mismatch should be verified against the Huawei bulletin, as the mechanism is not described. Net: a real but minor hardening issue requiring local access and user interaction, not an emergency.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A user is induced to install or run a malicious local application on a HarmonyOS device; the app abuses a permission-control weakness in the background task management module to read limited information it should not have access to, crossing a trust boundary (scope change). No public exploit code is identified, and the exact trigger is not described in the available sources.

Monitor Track and reassess. Why: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9).
No patch listed yet

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AnalysisAIv1 – Nov 02, 2026

Huawei HarmonyOS contains a permission-control weakness in its background task management module that, under the assessed CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N, base score 3.6), requires local access with user interaction and produces only limited confidentiality impact that crosses a scope boundary. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and the aggregated priority signal is monitor. Huawei's October 2026 consumer, Vision and laptop security bulletins should be consulted for the fixed builds.

RemediationAI

No vendor-released patch version is identified in the supplied data; check the October 2026 Huawei bulletins (consumer, Vision and laptop links above) for the fixed HarmonyOS build for each device line and apply the matching OTA update once it is published. Because the assessed vector requires local access and user interaction (AV:L/UI:R), the practical exposure reduction is to install applications only from verified sources and avoid side-loading untrusted packages onto the device, a trade-off that reduces third-party app flexibility. No product-specific vendor workaround beyond updating is described in the available sources.

Affected VersionsENISA

HarmonyOS 7.0.0
HarmonyOS 6.1.0

Affected Packages

euvd harmonyos no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

CWE-264 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls) is the assigned root-cause class, and the flaw resides in the HarmonyOS background task management module, the subsystem that governs which processes may run or persist background tasks and what data those tasks may reach. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:huawei:harmonyos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* is wildcarded with no bounded version range in the supplied data, so the specific affected builds are not enumerated. The assessed vector's scope change (S:C) indicates exploitation can affect resources beyond the vulnerable component's authorization scope, while confidentiality impact stays limited (C:L) and there is no integrity or availability effect. The condition that triggers the faulty permission check is not described in the available sources; the AV:L and UI:R metrics indicate an attacker must already have a local code-execution context with the victim's participation, such as installing or running attacker-supplied code.

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Severity by source

Vendor (huawei) PRIMARY 3.6 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
vuln.today AI 3.6 LOW

Local vector with user interaction and no prior privileges; permission-control flaw crosses an authorization boundary (S:C) but yields only limited confidentiality disclosure, so C:L and I/A:N.

3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/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
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

Permission control vulnerability in the background task management module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service integrity.

Threat Intelligence Overview

Prevalence
High
Huawei consumer OS deployed on hundreds of millions of devices
Social Media
1
Sightings
Data Quality
3 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 LOW
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS N/A
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9)
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
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Small
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
High

Priority Score

18
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +18
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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