CVE-2021-22376 Privilege escalation in HarmonyOS

What is CVE-2021-22376?

CVE-2021-22376 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Harmonyos, published on 30 Jun 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A component of the HarmonyOS has a Improper Privilege Management vulnerability. Local attackers may exploit this vulnerability to bypass user restrictions.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-22376?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Huawei Harmonyos.

How do I fix CVE-2021-22376?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-22376 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-22376 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-22376 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Harmonyos

• CVE-2026-34865 Memory corruption in HarmonyOS Critical 10.0
• CVE-2023-34157 Other in HarmonyOS Critical 10.0
• CVE-2023-41294 Denial of service in HarmonyOS Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-48478 Denial of service in HarmonyOS Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-48479 Memory corruption in HarmonyOS Critical 9.8

All Huawei Harmonyos vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-f3w5-7qjv-q377.