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CVE-2025-66321VulnerabilityPublished

CVE-2025-66321: 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
Huawei HarmonyOSAffected
  • =5.1.0
  • =5.0.1
  • =6.0.0
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

1. Implement strict access controls to limit high-privilege local access on devices running affected HarmonyOS versions, reducing the risk of exploitation by unauthorized users or processes. 2. Monitor system logs and camera subsystem behavior for anomalies indicative of race condition exploitation or instability. 3. Segregate critical devices and sensitive environments to minimize exposure to potentially compromised local users or software. 4. Engage with Huawei for timely patches or updates addressing this vulnerability and plan for prompt deployment once available. 5. Employ application whitelisting and endpoint protection to prevent unauthorized code execution with elevated privileges. 6. Conduct regular security audits focusing on local privilege escalation vectors and race condition vulnerabilities within device software. 7. Educate users and administrators on the risks of granting high privileges and the importance of maintaining updated device software. 8. Where feasible, consider alternative devices or OS versions not affected by this vulnerability for critical use cases until patches are released.

Description

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

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