CVE-2025-6969 ability_ability_runtime an improper input validation vulnerability
A local attacker can cause a denial of service in OpenHarmony through improper input validation in the ability runtime.
- 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-2025-6969?
CVE-2025-6969 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Openatom Openharmony, published on 16 Mar 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
in OpenHarmony v5.1.0 and prior versions allow a local attacker cause DOS through improper input.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-6969?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Openatom Openharmony.
How do I fix CVE-2025-6969?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-6969 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-2025-6969 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-6969 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Openatom Openharmony
- CVE-2025-0303 Liteos_a has a buffer overflow vulnerability
- CVE-2025-0304 Liteos_a has an use after free vulnerability
- CVE-2024-47398 Liteos_a has an out-of-bounds write vulnerability
- CVE-2024-10074 Liteos_a has an use after free vulnerability
- CVE-2024-41157 Liteos-A has an use after free vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-56j9-gv37-wm36.