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CVE-2025-54638VulnerabilityPublished

CVE-2025-54638: Huawei HarmonyOS · Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Affects Huawei HarmonyOSSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.09% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 0% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 6 Aug 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Huawei HarmonyOSAffected
  • =5.1.0
  • =5.0.1
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

To mitigate this vulnerability, European organizations should: 1) Monitor Huawei's official security advisories closely for patches or updates addressing CVE-2025-54638 and apply them promptly once available. 2) Restrict local access to devices running affected HarmonyOS versions by enforcing strict physical security and limiting user privileges to trusted personnel only. 3) Implement application whitelisting and integrity checks on the ad module to detect unauthorized modifications or abnormal behavior. 4) Employ runtime monitoring tools to detect anomalies in the ad service that could indicate exploitation attempts. 5) Where feasible, consider upgrading to newer HarmonyOS versions not affected by this vulnerability or deploying alternative devices for critical operations. 6) Educate users and administrators about the risks of local exploitation and enforce policies to minimize exposure to untrusted code or data inputs within the ad module context. 7) Conduct regular security audits and penetration tests focusing on local privilege escalation and deserialization attack vectors within the device environment.

Description

Issue of inconsistent read/write serialization in the ad module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect the availability of the ad service.

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