High severity · published Aug 11, 2025
CVE-2025-25278
liteos_a has a race condition vulnerability
7.0
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
in OpenHarmony v5.0.3 and prior versions allow a local attacker arbitrary code execution in tcb through race condition.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 1% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
OpenHarmony · OpenHarmony
v5.0.3 through v5.0.3.x · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-25278
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-25278
Vendor Advisory
https://gitee.com/openharmony/security/blob/master/zh/security-disclosure/2025/2025-08.md
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