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CVE-2023-1694

• 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: 2023-05-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

The Settings module has the file privilege escalation vulnerability.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect confidentiality.

Affected products

• Huawei EMUI: 11.0.1, 13.0.0
• Huawei HarmonyOS: before 3.1.0 — fixed in 3.1.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Huawei HarmonyOS 3.1.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2023/4/
• https://device.harmonyos.com/en/docs/security/update/security-bulletins-202304-0000001506528486
• https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2023/4/
• https://device.harmonyos.com/en/docs/security/update/security-bulletins-202304-0000001506528486

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