CVE-2025-68964 Denial of service in HarmonyOS

Medium 6.2 Published 14 Jan 2026 Updated 14 Jan 2026

Attackers can exploit a data verification flaw in the HiView module to disrupt system availability 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-2025-68964?

CVE-2025-68964 is a medium-severity denial of service 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

Data verification vulnerability in the HiView module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-68964?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Huawei Harmonyos.

How do I fix CVE-2025-68964?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-68964 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2025-68964 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-68964 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-j872-3wqm-9cjj.