CVE-2026-41980 Information disclosure in HarmonyOS
Medium 5.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-41980 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2026-41980 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei HarmonyOS, published on 9 Jun 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-41980 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Huawei HarmonyOS. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-41980/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-41980/index.md)
Attackers can exploit a permission control flaw in the file preview 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
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-41980?
CVE-2026-41980 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei HarmonyOS, published on 9 Jun 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 control vulnerability in the file preview module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-41980?
How do I fix CVE-2026-41980?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-41980 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-41980 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-41980 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2pp9-mf4r-4wpf.