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Huawei HarmonyOS EUVDEUVD-2026-115083

| CVE-2026-101176 HIGH
Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CWE-264)
2026-11-02 huawei GHSA-chm4-2g7h-7hq4
7.1
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
    Install or run malicious app on device
  2. Delivery
    Induce required user interaction
  3. Exploit
    Abuse weak permission check in notification module
  4. Execution
    Access protected notification data
  5. Impact
    Disclose confidential information

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
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 targets the event notification management module of Huawei HarmonyOS and EMUI, abusing insufficient permission enforcement (CWE-264). Per the CVSS vector, user interaction is required (UI:R) and attack complexity is high (AC:H), both of which limit exploitation: an attacker must get the victim to perform some action and must satisfy conditions that are not fully attacker-controlled. The affected component is an on-device OS module, so a local foothold such as an installed app is the realistic prerequisite despite the input's AV:N marking. The specific trigger and the exact configuration/versions affected are not described in the available sources (the references are bulletin index pages without per-CVE detail), so the precise feature state required cannot be confirmed from the provided data.

Impact

This is a moderate-priority issue rather than an emergency. The vuln.today decision label is 'this_week', consistent with a serious-but-not-critical defect. No CISA KEV listing, no EPSS score, and no PoC or exploit reference are present in the input, so exploitation status is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis' - there is no evidence of active exploitation or available weaponized code. The input CVSS vector (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H, 7.1) carries two notable internal tensions that should be verified with the vendor: (1) the stated Impact text says the flaw 'may affect service confidentiality' only, yet the vector asserts I:H and A:H - the integrity/availability impacts are not supported by the supplied description and may be overstated; and (2) the vector marks AV:N (network) while the affected products are the HarmonyOS/EMUI mobile operating systems and the flaw is a permission-control defect in a local 'event notification management module', which typically implies a local/on-device attacker (e.g., a malicious installed app) rather than a remote network path. AC:H and UI:R both raise the exploitation bar - high attack complexity plus required user interaction materially reduce real-world exploitability. Net: a genuine permission-control weakness worth patching on a normal cycle, but the raw 7.1 likely overstates practical risk given the confidentiality-only impact actually described and the complexity/interaction constraints.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A malicious or privilege-limited app on a Huawei device abuses weak permission checks in the event notification management module to read notification-related data it should not be able to access, disclosing sensitive information from other apps or the system. Because the vector requires user interaction and high attack complexity, success depends on tricking the user into a specific action and on conditions the attacker does not fully control. No public exploit or PoC is identified in the available data.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
No patch listed yet

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AnalysisAIv1 – Nov 02, 2026

This is a moderate-priority issue rather than an emergency: insufficient permission enforcement (CWE-264) in the event notification management module of Huawei HarmonyOS and EMUI allows an attacker who already holds a local foothold, such as an installed application, to reach notification-management functionality or data beyond what that app should be permitted to access, with low confidentiality impact and no integrity or availability impact in the assessed vector. The assessed CVSS score is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N, meaning the attack is local, requires user interaction, needs no privileges, and has high complexity because exploitation conditions are not fully attacker-controlled. No public exploit code has been identified and the CVE is not listed in CISA KEV; the only references are Huawei bulletin index pages that carry no per-CVE technical detail.

RemediationAI

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis: the provided references are Huawei consumer security bulletin index pages for October 2026 (https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2026/10/ and https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletinvision/2026/10/) and the supplied data does not state an exact fixed HarmonyOS or EMUI build number, so remediation must begin by matching the device's build against the per-CVE entry in those bulletins and applying the vendor update listed there through Huawei's official update channel. Because the assessed vector requires a local foothold (AV:L) plus user interaction (UI:R) at high complexity (AC:H), exposure is reduced by keeping installed applications to trusted sources and by not acting on notification prompts or links from untrusted apps, but the provided sources do not state these as vendor-recommended mitigations and they do not substitute for the vendor fix. No workaround or configuration toggle is described in the available data, and the bulletin pages should be re-checked for the patched build since the fixed version is not independently confirmed here.

Affected VersionsENISA

EMUI 15.0.0
EMUI 14.0.0
HarmonyOS 4.3.3
HarmonyOS 4.2.0
EMUI 16.0.0
EMUI 14.2.0
HarmonyOS 4.3.1
HarmonyOS 4.3.0
HarmonyOS 4.0.0

Affected Packages

euvd emui no fix
euvd harmonyos no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 2 packages in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The flaw is a permission-control weakness (CWE-264, permissions, privileges and access controls) inside the event notification management module, an on-device operating system component that governs how notifications are created, managed and exposed to applications. CWE-264 describes failures to correctly enforce access-control policy, so the root cause class is missing or incorrect authorization checks on operations within that module rather than memory corruption; the available sources do not describe the specific trigger, the exact API or feature state involved, or which builds carry the weak check. The supplied CPE data identifies the affected platforms only at product granularity, as huawei:harmonyos and huawei:emui with wildcard versions, so no version range can be confirmed. Note a discrepancy in the source data: the CVE record's vector is AV:N while the authoritative assessment is AV:L, which fits an on-device OS module where an installed app is the realistic prerequisite; the assessed vector's UI:R and AC:H indicate that a victim must perform an action and that success depends on conditions the attacker does not fully control, but the sources do not state what those conditions are.

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Severity by source

Vendor (huawei) PRIMARY 7.1 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI 2.5 LOW

Permission bypass in an on-device OS module implies AV:L; description cites only confidentiality so C:L and I/A:N; retained AC:H and UI:R from input as constraints.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (huawei).

CVSS VectorVendor: huawei

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

DescriptionCVE.org

Permission control vulnerability in the event notification management module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Huawei HarmonyOS and EMUI devices contain insufficient permission enforcement in the event notification management module (CVE-2026-101176). A local attacker with an installed application could gain limited access to notification data beyond intended permissions, but successful exploitation requires user interaction and specific conditions, resulting in low confidentiality impact. Leadership should note that while active exploitation has not been confirmed, the ubiquity of these devices and the lack of a patch warrant proactive risk management.

Business Impact: Medium
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations include restricting application installations to trusted sources, enforcing least privilege and application allowlisting, monitoring for anomalous notification access, and maintaining device management controls to reduce the attack surface.

Threat Intelligence Overview

Prevalence
High
HarmonyOS and EMUI run on hundreds of millions of Huawei consumer devices
Social Media
3
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 HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS N/A
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
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
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact
Medium

Priority Score

36
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +36
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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