Description
Permission control vulnerability in the smart sensing service. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.
Published: 2026-05-15
Score: 5.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

The vulnerability is a permission control flaw in Huawei HarmonyOS’s smart sensing service; it is identified as a value‑based access control issue (CWE‑840). If successfully exploited, an attacker could read data handled by the service, thereby compromising the confidentiality of that data.

Affected Systems

Huawei HarmonyOS devices that include the smart sensing service are affected. No specific firmware versions or product editions are mentioned, so all HarmonyOS releases containing the smart sensing service may be at risk.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS base score of 5.6 indicates medium severity. The EPSS score is not available, and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA’s KEV catalog, suggesting no widely known exploit at the time of analysis. Because the attack vector is not explicitly stated, it is inferred that an attacker might need either local access or the ability to invoke the smart sensing service through an application. The overall risk is moderate with an undefined likelihood of exploitation pending further intelligence.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on May 15, 2026 at 12:21 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Apply any Huawei‑issued HarmonyOS security update that addresses the smart sensing service permission control flaw as soon as it becomes available.
  • Configure the device so that only trusted applications can invoke the smart sensing service, enforcing least privilege.
  • If the smart sensing service is not required, consider disabling or removing it to reduce the attack surface.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on May 15, 2026 at 12:21 UTC.

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History

Fri, 15 May 2026 12:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Permission Control Vulnerability in HarmonyOS Smart Sensing Service Exposes Confidential Data

Fri, 15 May 2026 11:45:00 +0000

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

Fri, 15 May 2026 11:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Fri, 15 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Permission control vulnerability in the smart sensing service. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.
Weaknesses CWE-840
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}


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Huawei Harmonyos
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: huawei

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-15T10:59:34.812Z

Reserved: 2026-04-23T01:42:44.928Z

Link: CVE-2026-41966

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-15T10:59:28.169Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-05-15T10:16:35.313

Modified: 2026-05-15T14:08:50.797

Link: CVE-2026-41966

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-15T12:30:44Z

Weaknesses