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CVE-2025-66320VulnerabilityPublished

CVE-2025-66320: Huawei HarmonyOS · Race Condition

Affects Huawei HarmonyOSSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.1 Medium.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.1Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.06% 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:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 8 Dec 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
Huaweihuawei/harmonyospkg:deb/huawei/harmonyosOther threatsAffected
  • =5.0.1
  • =5.1.0
  • =6.0.0
Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

1. Monitor Huawei's official security advisories and apply patches promptly once they are released for affected HarmonyOS versions. 2. Restrict local high-privilege access on devices to trusted users only, employing strong authentication and endpoint protection measures to prevent privilege escalation. 3. Implement application whitelisting and behavior monitoring to detect anomalous processes attempting to exploit race conditions in the camera framework. 4. Where possible, limit the use of affected Huawei devices in critical environments until patches are available. 5. Conduct regular security audits and vulnerability assessments focusing on device firmware and OS components. 6. Employ runtime protections such as thread synchronization checks or sandboxing to mitigate race condition exploitation risks. 7. Educate users and administrators about the risks of privilege misuse and the importance of timely updates. 8. Consider network segmentation and device isolation strategies to contain potential impacts if exploitation occurs. 9. Collaborate with Huawei support channels for guidance and early access to fixes or mitigations. 10. Maintain incident response readiness to quickly address any exploitation attempts targeting this vulnerability.

Description

Multi-thread race condition vulnerability in the camera framework module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability.

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