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TI-2021-17218 Aliases CVE-2021-40006GHSA-p5j8-hcx4-456v

Broken or risky cryptographic algorithm in Huawei HarmonyOS

Priority LOW 20CWE-254Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Physical
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-327.

Summary

Vulnerability of design defects in the security algorithm component. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect confidentiality.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00149 4th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
HuaweiHarmonyOS2.0.0; 2.0.1—No fix listedCNA
HuaweiEMUI12.0.0; 12.0.1; 11.0.1—No fix listedCNA
  • HarmonyOS VendorHuawei Affected 2.0.0; 2.0.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • EMUI VendorHuawei Affected 12.0.0; 12.0.1; 11.0.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:harmonyos:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0VulnerableHuawei
  • cpe:2.3:o:huawei:harmonyos:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0 Vulnerable ·Huawei

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-40006
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p5j8-hcx4-456v

References

Advisory 1

Other 2

  • TI-2021-17252 Vulnerability of writing data to an arbitrary address in the HW_KEYMASTER module. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2022-21903 Deserialization of untrusted data in Huawei HarmonyOS CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-21900 Deserialization of untrusted data in Huawei HarmonyOS CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-21899 Deserialization of untrusted data in Huawei HarmonyOS CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-19984 Out-of-bounds read in Huawei HarmonyOS CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-19982 Out-of-bounds write in Huawei HarmonyOS CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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