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CVE-2022-41596

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-12-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-502

Description

The system tool has inconsistent serialization and deserialization. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will cause unauthorized startup of components.

Affected products

• Huawei EMUI: 11.0.1, 12.0.0, 12.0.1
• Huawei HarmonyOS: before 2.1 — fixed in 2.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Huawei HarmonyOS 2.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2022/12/
• https://device.harmonyos.com/en/docs/security/update/security-bulletins-202212-0000001462975397
• https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2022/12/
• https://device.harmonyos.com/en/docs/security/update/security-bulletins-202212-0000001462975397

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