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Huawei HarmonyOS EUVDEUVD-2026-115085

| CVE-2026-101174 MEDIUM
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)
2026-11-02 huawei GHSA-v3hg-q936-w95m
5.7
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
    Gain adjacent-network position with low privileges
  2. Exploit
    Reach DSoftBus module interface
  3. Execution
    Trigger uncontrolled resource consumption
  4. Impact
    Degrade or deny device availability

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Resource consumption limits
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires the attacker to be on an adjacent network to the target HarmonyOS device (AV:A - e.g., the same local/proximity network used by DSoftBus for device-to-device distributed communication), and to hold low-level privileges (PR:L); no user interaction is needed (UI:N). The DSoftBus (distributed soft bus) module must be reachable for the attack. Limiting factors: the adjacency requirement rules out direct remote Internet exploitation, and the privilege requirement means a fully anonymous attacker cannot trigger it. The precise configuration or feature state required is not described in the available sources. Impact is limited to availability; there is no confidentiality or integrity effect.

Impact

This is a moderate-severity availability issue (CVSS 5.7) rather than a top-priority emergency. The CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H shows the key constraints: AV:A limits the attacker to an adjacent network (same local/proximity network segment, consistent with DSoftBus being HarmonyOS's device-to-device distributed communication bus), and PR:L means some level of privilege is required rather than fully unauthenticated access. Impact is confined to availability (A:H) with no confidentiality or integrity impact, matching CWE-400 (uncontrolled resource consumption). The vuln.today decision label is 'this_month', which signals a scheduled-remediation priority, not act_now or emergency. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no PoC reference are present in the supplied data, so there is no evidence of active exploitation or available exploit code. Net assessment: a real but bounded defect - the adjacency requirement and privilege requirement meaningfully reduce real-world exposure, and the absence of KEV/EPSS/PoC signals suggests this is not a widespread exploitation risk at this time. The description is extremely sparse, so the precise trigger cannot be confirmed from the available sources.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker positioned on the same adjacent network as a HarmonyOS device, already holding low-level privileges, interacts with the DSoftBus distributed-communication module in a way that exhausts or exhausts resources, rendering the affected service or device unavailable. The exact trigger is not described in the available sources. No public exploit identified at time of analysis.

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

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AnalysisAIv1 – Nov 02, 2026

Denial of service in Huawei HarmonyOS lets an attacker who shares an adjacent network with a target device and holds low-level privileges exhaust resources in the DSoftBus (distributed soft bus) module, degrading availability of the device. Phones, Vision devices and wearables running affected HarmonyOS builds are addressed by three separate Huawei consumer bulletins dated October 2026 (listed under References). Severity is moderate and availability-only (CVSS 5.7, AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H, CWE-400); no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no CISA KEV entry, which places this at a this-month remediation priority rather than an emergency.

RemediationAI

Remediation is via the Huawei consumer security bulletins for October 2026: apply the update listed for the specific device family, using https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2026/10/ for phones and general consumer devices, https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletinvision/2026/10/ for Vision devices, and https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletinwearables/2026/10/ for wearables. An exact fixed build number is not present in the provided data, so the patched version must be taken from the relevant bulletin page rather than assumed. Because exploitation requires the attacker to sit on an adjacent network (AV:A) and to already hold low-level privileges (PR:L), reducing how far a device's DSoftBus proximity/distributed-device functionality is exposed on untrusted or shared networks lowers the attack surface while updates are being staged, at the cost of losing cross-device collaboration features on those networks; the source data does not state any vendor-recommended workaround beyond the bulletin update.

Affected VersionsENISA

HarmonyOS 6.1.0
HarmonyOS 7.0.0

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

DSoftBus is the distributed soft bus inside HarmonyOS, the component that handles device discovery, networking and transport between devices participating in distributed (cross-device) scenarios. The flaw is classed as CWE-400, uncontrolled resource consumption, meaning the module can be driven to consume resources beyond what it can release or bound, with the only scored impact being availability (C:N/I:N/A:H). The assessed vector requires the attacker to be on an adjacent network to the target (AV:A), matching the proximity/local-network transport DSoftBus uses for device-to-device communication, and to hold low-level privileges (PR:L), with no user interaction (UI:N). The adjacency requirement rules out direct exploitation over the public Internet and the privilege requirement excludes a fully anonymous attacker; the particular configuration or feature state that must be reachable, and the precise trigger of the resource exhaustion, are not described in the available sources. The CPE entry (cpe:2.3:a:huawei:harmonyos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) is fully wildcarded on version, so the provided data does not define which HarmonyOS builds are affected; that mapping has to be read from the individual October 2026 consumer bulletins for phones, Vision devices and wearables.

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Severity by source

Vendor (huawei) PRIMARY 5.7 MEDIUM
AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
vuln.today AI 5.7 MEDIUM

DSoftBus is adjacent device-to-device communication (AV:A), it needs low privileges (PR:L), and CWE-400 yields availability-only impact (C:N/I:N/A:H).

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

Primary rating from Vendor (huawei).

CVSS VectorVendor: huawei

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

DescriptionCVE.org

DoS vulnerability in the DSoftBus module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability.

Threat Intelligence Overview

Prevalence
High
HarmonyOS ships on a very large installed base of Huawei consumer 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 MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS N/A
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· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Controlled
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
High

Priority Score

28
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +28
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

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