Description
Permission control vulnerability in the Settings module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.
Published: 2026-07-15
Score: 6.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

The vulnerability is a permission control flaw located in the Settings module of Huawei devices. It allows an attacker with sufficient privileges to read configuration data, leading to a disclosure of confidential service information. The flaw is classified as CWE-200, which deals with information exposure due to inadequate access controls.

Affected Systems

Affected products include Huawei EMUI and Huawei HarmonyOS. The advisory does not specify affected firmware or OS versions; therefore all current releases of these products are potentially impacted until an official fix is released.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 6.6 indicates moderate severity, and the EPSS score of less than 1% coupled with absence from the CISA KEV catalog suggest exploitation is unlikely in the near term. The attack vector is not explicitly stated, so it is inferred that the vulnerability likely requires authenticated or local privileged access. If exploited, an attacker could read sensitive configuration data but probably cannot modify settings or gain additional privileges.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 1, 2026 at 08:57 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Apply the latest firmware update that addresses the permission control flaw.
  • Restrict or disable the Settings module for users with lower privilege levels to reduce the attack surface.
  • Enable and review device logs regularly to detect unauthorized access to the Settings module.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 1, 2026 at 08:57 UTC.

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History

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 09:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Settings Module Permission Control Flaw Exposes Service Confidentiality

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 03:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Permission Control Vulnerability in Huawei Settings Module Leading to Confidentiality Disclosure

Sat, 25 Jul 2026 07:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Permission Control Vulnerability in Huawei Settings Module Leading to Confidentiality Disclosure

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 07:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Permission Control Flaw in Settings Module Threatening Service Confidentiality

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 05:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Permission Control Flaw in Settings Module Threatening Service Confidentiality

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Permission control vulnerability in the Settings module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.
Weaknesses CWE-200
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: huawei

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-15T13:07:20.431Z

Reserved: 2026-07-01T10:03:11.403Z

Link: CVE-2026-58554

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-15T13:07:16.580Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-01T09:00:04Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-200

    Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor