Availability impact via thermal-management race condition
Published Apr 13, 2026 · Updated Apr 13, 2026
Race condition in Huawei HarmonyOS 6.0.0 allows local users to interrupt device operation through the thermal management module. Huawei has not disclosed the affected function, shared resource, or unsynchronized operation that causes the race. Huawei's assessment requires high local privileges, while the bulletin does not specify whether the availability impact is a hang, crash, or reboot.
Summary
What happened
Race condition in Huawei HarmonyOS 6.0.0 allows local users to interrupt device operation through the thermal management module. Huawei has not disclosed the affected function, shared resource, or unsynchronized operation that causes the race. Huawei's assessment requires high local privileges, while the bulletin does not specify whether the availability impact is a hang, crash, or reboot.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-34861
- Published
- Apr 13, 2026
- Updated
- Apr 13, 2026
- Vendor
- MindSpore
- Product
- HarmonyOS
- Classifications
- CWE-362
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
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- Apr 13, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 13, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.0.0
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