Description
Permission control vulnerability in the AMS module.
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability.
Published: 2026-02-06
Score: 6.2 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Availability
Action: Apply Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

The vulnerability is a permission control flaw in Huawei’s AMS module, identified as CWE-264. An attacker who can obtain elevated or unauthorized access to AMS code can disrupt device operation, resulting in denial‑of‑service or other availability degradation. No other impacts such as confidentiality or integrity are mentioned in the CVE data.

Affected Systems

Affected are Huawei EMUI 14.2.0 and 15.0.0, and Huawei HarmonyOS 4.2.0, 4.3.0, and 4.3.1, as listed in the CPE entries.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 6.2 indicates moderate severity, while the EPSS score of less than 1% suggests a very low likelihood of exploitation. The vulnerability is not cataloged in CISA KEV. Because the attack vector is not stated explicitly, it is inferred that local compromise or device credential abuse is required to exploit the permission flaw.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on April 18, 2026 at 13:36 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Apply the vendor‑issued firmware update that contains the AMS patch for the affected EMUI or HarmonyOS versions
  • If the AMS module is not essential, disable or uninstall it to remove the attack surface
  • Review and tighten device permissions for AMS components, enforcing least privilege to prevent unauthorized elevation

Generated by OpenCVE AI on April 18, 2026 at 13:36 UTC.

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History

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Huawei EMUI and HarmonyOS AMS Permission Control Vulnerability Affects Availability

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:huawei:emui:14.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:emui:15.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:harmonyos:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:harmonyos:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:harmonyos:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Huawei
Huawei emui
Huawei harmonyos
Vendors & Products Huawei
Huawei emui
Huawei harmonyos

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 06 Feb 2026 09:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Permission control vulnerability in the AMS module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability.
Weaknesses CWE-264
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: huawei

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-06T16:16:06.726Z

Reserved: 2026-01-28T06:05:05.257Z

Link: CVE-2026-24920

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-06T16:14:38.189Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-02-06T10:16:07.363

Modified: 2026-02-09T19:12:59.770

Link: CVE-2026-24920

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-18T13:45:45Z

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