CVE-2025-53167 Auth bypass in HarmonyOS

Medium 6.9 Published Updated

Attackers can bypass authentication in the distributed collaboration framework to compromise service confidentiality on HarmonyOS devices.

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

What is CVE-2025-53167?

CVE-2025-53167 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Huawei Harmonyos, published on 7 Jul 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Authentication vulnerability in the distributed collaboration framework module Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.

Weakness: CWE-305

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-53167?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Huawei Harmonyos.

How do I fix CVE-2025-53167?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-53167 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2025-53167 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53167 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Huawei Harmonyos vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-xfg3-g2vf-g46c.

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