Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2025-68956 is a high-severity Race Condition (CWE-362) vulnerability in Huawei Harmonyos. Its CVSS base score is 8.0 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 0.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SC-39 (Process Isolation) and SC-4 (Information in Shared System Resources) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2025-68956 is a multi-thread race condition vulnerability, classified under CWE-362 (Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization), in the card framework module. Published on 2026-01-14, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.0 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H) and primarily affects availability, though the vector indicates potential for low confidentiality impact alongside high integrity and availability impacts. The vulnerability impacts Huawei consumer products, as indicated by support bulletins for general consumer devices, laptops, and wearables.
A local attacker (AV:L) with no privileges required (PR:N) can exploit this vulnerability through low-complexity attacks (AC:L) that demand no user interaction (UI:N). Scope remains unchanged (S:U). Successful exploitation allows limited unauthorized disclosure of information (C:L), high disruption to data integrity (I:H), and high denial of service effects (A:H), potentially leading to system instability or corruption in affected Huawei devices.
Huawei has issued security bulletins for this CVE on consumer support pages dated January 2026, covering general consumer products (https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2026/1/), laptops (https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletinlaptops/2026/1/), and wearables (https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletinwearables/2026/1/). These advisories provide details on mitigation for impacted devices.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-2576
Vulnerability Data
Multi-thread race condition vulnerability in the card framework module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability.
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Maintaining separate execution domains for each process structurally eliminates unintended concurrent access to the same shared resources.
Preventing unintended information transfer through shared system resources directly addresses the improper concurrent modification that defines a race condition.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices directly require proper synchronization primitives and concurrency testing that prevent race conditions.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing can detect race conditions, but does not prevent them at design or coding time.
Secure SDLC mandates concurrency controls and synchronization primitives that directly prevent race conditions.
Application security requirements can specify thread-safety and locking rules, but do not prescribe implementation details.
Secure architecture principles require proper synchronization and resource isolation, addressing the root cause of CWE-362.
Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe concurrent access patterns and mandate atomic operations or locks.
Change management reduces introduction of concurrency bugs during updates, yet does not address the weakness itself.