Huawei HarmonyOS 5.1.0/6.0.0/6.1.0 path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Huawei HarmonyOS 5.1.0/6.0.0/6.1.0. This affects an unknown part. Performing a manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2026-41972. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Huawei HarmonyOS 5.1.0/6.0.0/6.1.0. This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. This is going to have an impact on integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Path traversal vulnerability in the SMS app. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability.

It is possible to read the advisory at consumer.huawei.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-41972 since 04/23/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/09/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Type

• Smartphone Operating System

Vendor

• Huawei

Name

• HarmonyOS

Version

• 5.1.0
• 6.0.0
• 6.1.0

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.huawei.com/

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