Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessDeliver malicious app to local device
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DeliveryInduce required user interaction
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ExploitAbuse permission control in background task management
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ExecutionCross trust boundary (scope change)
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ImpactDisclose limited protected 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 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. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – 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
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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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
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
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.
Primary rating from Vendor (huawei).
CVSS VectorVendor: huawei
DescriptionCVE.org
Permission control vulnerability in the background task management module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service integrity.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
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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