Huawei HarmonyOS/EMUI App Management permission

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5.8$0-$5k0.95+

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Huawei HarmonyOS and EMUI. This impacts an unknown function of the component App Management Module. The manipulation leads to permission. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-41987. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Huawei HarmonyOS and EMUI (affected version unknown). This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component App Management Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-275. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Permission control vulnerability in the app management module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability.

The advisory is shared at consumer.huawei.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-41987 since 04/23/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/09/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1222 for this issue.

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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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.5
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 6.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permission
CWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/23/2026 CVE reserved
09/09/2026 +139 days Advisory disclosed
09/09/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/09/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: consumer.huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-41987 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-41987
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-401465

Entryinfo

Created: 09/09/2026 06:23
Changes: 09/09/2026 06:23 (61)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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