CVE-2025-68966 Information disclosure in HarmonyOS

Medium 5.1 Published Updated

Attackers can exploit a permission control flaw in the HarmonyOS Notepad module to access confidential service data.

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-2025-68966?

CVE-2025-68966 is a medium-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

Permission control vulnerability in the Notepad module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-68966?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Huawei Harmonyos.

How do I fix CVE-2025-68966?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-68966 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-68966 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-68966 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Huawei Harmonyos vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-32rc-7jw3-gcrr.

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