CVE-2025-48908 Race condition in HarmonyOS

Medium 6.7 Published Updated

A race condition in the HarmonyOS Auto Startup service allows attackers to disrupt system availability.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2025-48908?

CVE-2025-48908 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Harmonyos, published on 6 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Ability Auto Startup service vulnerability in the foundation process Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability.

Weakness: CWE-567

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-48908?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Huawei Harmonyos.

How do I fix CVE-2025-48908?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-48908 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-48908 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-48908 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Huawei Harmonyos vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4hg3-x4gx-qgwf.

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