CVE-2026-41964

Local availability impact via web race condition

Published May 15, 2026 · Updated May 15, 2026

Race condition in the web component of Huawei HarmonyOS 6.0.0 and 6.1.0 allows local users to affect system availability. Huawei identifies a permission-control flaw and CWE-362 but does not disclose the shared resource, racing operations, or failed authorization check. Exploitation requires local access and no prior privileges or user interaction; Huawei has not specified whether the outcome is a hang, crash, reboot, or another interruption.

CVSS severity8.4
High
EPSS probability0.07%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Race condition in the web component of Huawei HarmonyOS 6.0.0 and 6.1.0 allows local users to affect system availability. Huawei identifies a permission-control flaw and CWE-362 but does not disclose the shared resource, racing operations, or failed authorization check. Exploitation requires local access and no prior privileges or user interaction; Huawei has not specified whether the outcome is a hang, crash, reboot, or another interruption.

The record

CVE
CVE-2026-41964
Published
May 15, 2026
Updated
May 15, 2026
Vendor
MindSpore
Product
HarmonyOS
Classifications
CWE-362, T1499
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. May 15, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. May 15, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=6.0.0
  2. Affected versionversion=6.1.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

MindSpore · HarmonyOSversion=6.0.0; version=6.1.0

Published CVSS scores

8.4Huawei TechnologiesCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
T1499Endpoint Denial of Service

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