CVE-2025-68970 Missing authorization in EMUI

Medium 6.1 Published 14 Jan 2026 Updated 14 Jan 2026

Attackers can bypass permission checks in the media library to access confidential data on Huawei devices.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2025-68970?

CVE-2025-68970 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Huawei Emui, published on 14 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Permission verification bypass vulnerability in the media library module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-68970?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Huawei Emui, Huawei Harmonyos.

How do I fix CVE-2025-68970?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-68970 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2025-68970 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-68970 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Huawei Emui vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-wcg4-vf4g-x5w2.