Medium severity · published Sep 9, 2026
CVE-2026-49309
Permission control vulnerability in the Settings module
4.8
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Permission control vulnerability in the Settings module.
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
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
EM
EMUI · Huawei
16.0.0; 15.0.0; 14.2.0; 14.0.0 · source: vendor
HA
HarmonyOS · Huawei
4.3.3; 4.3.1; 4.3.0; 4.2.0; 4.0.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-49309
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-49309
consumer.huawei.com
https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2026/9/
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