🛡️ CVE-2026-24920 — emui

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: None.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-24920 is classified as CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls. Permissions or privilege boundaries are set or enforced incorrectly, letting an actor act beyond their intended level.

Affected software

CVE-2026-24920 is recorded against 2 packages.

• emui
• harmonyos

Timeline and source

Published on 6 February 2026 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

consumer.huawei.com
consumer.huawei.com

Other advisories for this package

emui has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2026-34854 (5.7 Medium, published 13 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2026-34853 (7.7 High, published 13 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2026-28553 (6.9 Medium, published 13 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2026-34859 (5.9 Medium, published 13 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2026-34855 (5.7 Medium, published 13 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2026-28552 (6.5 Medium, published 5 Mar 2026)
• CVE-2026-28548 (7.1 High, published 5 Mar 2026)
• CVE-2026-28542 (7.3 High, published 5 Mar 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls) in other software:

• CVE-2026-18593 (5.6 Medium, published 3 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-58555 (6.6 Medium, published 15 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-58556 (5.1 Medium, published 15 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-14784 (6.3 Medium, published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-41974 (3.6 Low, published 9 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2026-9368 (7.3 High, published 24 May 2026)
• CVE-2026-41962 (3.6 Low, published 15 May 2026)
• CVE-2026-6878 (5.6 Medium, published 23 Apr 2026)

Details

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References