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HarmonyOS ArkWeb EUVDEUVD-2026-115075

| CVE-2026-101175 MEDIUM
Uncaught Exception (CWE-248)
2026-11-02 huawei GHSA-9fx2-fwgq-ffh5
4.3
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
    Lure user to attacker-controlled web content
  2. Exploit
    Deliver crafted page to ArkWeb renderer
  3. Execution
    Trigger null pointer dereference in ArkWeb
  4. Impact
    Crash web component (denial of service)

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A10:2025 - Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions
ASVS 5.0
V16 - Security Logging and Error Handling Exception handling completeness
Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires the victim to load attacker-controlled web content into the ArkWeb module (HarmonyOS's web-rendering component) - the CVSS UI:R metric confirms required user interaction, so this is not a silent remote attack. No authentication is required (PR:N), but the attacker depends on the user opening or navigating to the malicious content. The impact is limited to availability (A:L): a crash or unavailability of the web component, with no confidentiality or integrity effect and no code execution. The specific web feature or input that triggers the dereference is not described in the available sources.

Impact

This is a genuinely low-to-moderate priority issue despite being internet-reachable. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L) scores 4.3 (Medium) and the signals are internally consistent: network vector with low complexity and no privileges, but exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) and the only impact is limited availability (A:L) - a crash or hang of the ArkWeb web-rendering component, not code execution or data exposure. The vuln.today decision label is 'this_month', indicating routine remediation rather than urgent action. No EPSS score was supplied, there is no CISA KEV listing, and no proof-of-concept or exploit reference is present among the sources (only Huawei vendor bulletins) - so exploitation status is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis'. CWE-248 (uncaught exception) aligns with a null pointer dereference producing a denial-of-service condition. There is no conflict among the signals; the main caveat is simply that no exploitation-probability data (EPSS) was provided to quantify likelihood. The description does not state how the null pointer dereference is triggered, so the exact mechanism is not described in the available sources.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker crafts a malicious web page that triggers the null pointer dereference in the ArkWeb module when rendered. A HarmonyOS user is lured into opening the page (satisfying the required user interaction), causing the web component to crash and denying availability of the browsing/web-rendering function. No public exploit code is identified, and impact is limited to a denial-of-service condition.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Nov 02, 2026

A crafted web page loaded into Huawei's ArkWeb rendering module on HarmonyOS can trigger a null pointer dereference that crashes the web component, giving a limited availability-only impact (CVSS 4.3, A:L) with no confidentiality or integrity effect and no code execution. The assessed vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R) shows the flaw is remotely reachable without authentication, but the attacker depends on the victim opening or navigating to attacker-controlled web content rather than a silent remote attack. No public exploit code or CISA KEV entry is identified at time of analysis, and this is a low-to-moderate priority issue despite being internet-reachable.

RemediationAI

The primary fix is to install the HarmonyOS update referenced in Huawei's October 2026 security bulletins - https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2026/10/ together with the Vision and laptop variants at https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletinvision/2026/10/ and https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletinlaptops/2026/10/ - since the supplied data does not state an exact fixed build number, the device-specific version must be read from those advisories. No workaround or mitigation is documented in the available sources. Because the CVSS vector requires user interaction (UI:R), exposure is limited to users who open or navigate to untrusted web content in ArkWeb-based browsers or embedded web views, so restricting such navigation and confining browsing to trusted sites reduces the chance of triggering the crash, at the cost of reduced functionality and no guarantee of protection; this is a compensating measure only and does not replace the vendor update.

Affected VersionsENISA

HarmonyOS 6.1.0
HarmonyOS 7.0.0

Affected Packages

euvd harmonyos no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

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Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

ArkWeb is HarmonyOS's web-rendering component, the engine that processes HTML, script and media content inside HarmonyOS browsers and apps that embed web views. The flaw is classified as CWE-248 (Uncaught Exception) and manifests as a null pointer dereference per the vendor description, meaning malformed or unexpected input reaching the rendering path drives a reference through a null pointer and the resulting fault is not handled, terminating the affected process. The practical consequence is confined to availability: the web component crashes or becomes unusable for that session, with no memory-corruption path to code execution described. The specific web feature, API or input that reaches the faulty dereference is not described in the available sources, and the trigger therefore cannot be reconstructed from this data.

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Severity by source

Vendor (huawei) PRIMARY 4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
vuln.today AI 4.3 MEDIUM

Remote web content with no privileges (PR:N) but mandatory user interaction (UI:R); null pointer dereference yields only limited availability loss, so C:N/I:N/A:L.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (huawei).

CVSS VectorVendor: huawei

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

DescriptionCVE.org

Null pointer dereference vulnerability in the ArkWeb module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 95% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
HarmonyOS consumer OS, large in Huawei ecosystem but concentrated regionally
Social Media
1
Sightings
Data Quality
4 sources
Confidence: Medium

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 0.2%
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
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

22
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +22
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

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