CVE-2025-68956 Race condition in HarmonyOS

High 8.0 Published Updated

A race condition in the HarmonyOS card framework allows attackers to disrupt system availability.

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-2025-68956?

CVE-2025-68956 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Harmonyos, published on 14 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multi-thread race condition vulnerability in the card framework module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-68956?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Huawei Harmonyos.

How do I fix CVE-2025-68956?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-68956 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-68956 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-68956 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Huawei Harmonyos vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-96fh-g7ch-v87p.

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