CVE-2022-41591

High

Published: 20 December 2022

Published

20 December 2022

Modified

16 April 2025

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS Score 0.0021 43.2th percentile

Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-41591 is a high-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Huawei Emui. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 43.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The backup module has a path traversal vulnerability. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability causes unauthorized access to other system files.

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

huawei

emui

11.0.1, 12.0.0, 12.0.1

huawei

harmonyos

2.0, 2.1, 3.0.0

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.