Denial of service in file parsing module in Huawei HarmonyOS
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Huawei HarmonyOS from 7.0.0 contains a denial of service flaw in its file parsing module. The flaw is a misinterpretation of input (CWE-115). A local attacker with no privileges and no user interaction can affect the availability of the system.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-02
Description from the CNA
DoS vulnerability in the file parsing module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Huawei HarmonyOS.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-02
Timeline
- 2026-11-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-101170
- 2026-11-02 Alias added: GHSA-h9qf-xvw8-pmr6
- 2026-11-02 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
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Sources
- CVE-2026-101170 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-101170 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h9qf-xvw8-pmr6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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