CVE-2025-53168 Auth bypass in HarmonyOS
Attackers can bypass authentication to access distributed cameras without user awareness, compromising privacy on Huawei HarmonyOS devices.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-53168?
CVE-2025-53168 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
Vulnerability of bypassing the process to start SA and use related functions on distributed cameras Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow the peer device to use the camera without user awareness.
Weakness: CWE-275
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-53168?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Harmonyos.
How do I fix CVE-2025-53168?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-53168 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-2025-53168 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53168 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Harmonyos
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gqjj-38mj-85wj.