Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-41982

Memory Safety

Published
09 June 2026
Modified
17 June 2026
CVSS Score v3.1 6.4
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0013 3th percentile
Risk Priority 38 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-41982 is a medium-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Huawei (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 6.4 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Application or System Exploitation (T1499.004); ranked at the 3th 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 SI-16 (Memory Protection) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Race condition vulnerability in the IPC module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1499.004 Application or System Exploitation Impact
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities that can cause an application or system to crash and deny availability to users.
Why these techniques?

Use-after-free race condition in IPC directly enables application/system exploitation to impact availability (DoS).

Confidence: MEDIUM · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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CVE-2026-26330Shared CWE-416
CVE-2026-6424Shared CWE-416
CVE-2026-14178Shared CWE-416
CVE-2026-6759Shared CWE-416
CVE-2026-28994Shared CWE-416

Affected Assets

Huawei
inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 3 hardening rules · 3 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V1.4.3

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Directly implements memory protections that block use-after-free exploitation (CWE-416) in the IPC module.

prevent

Enforces process isolation boundaries that limit the blast radius of IPC race conditions on system availability.

prevent

Requires timely remediation of the identified race-condition flaw before it can be exploited.

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.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly incorporate memory-safety tooling and reviews that prevent most use-after-free defects.

ID.RA-01 partial match
prevents

Vulnerability identification processes can discover use-after-free issues via scanning or analysis but do not prevent their introduction.

PR.PS-02 partial match
prevents

Routine patching removes known use-after-free instances after they have been introduced in released software.

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.

detects

Security testing in development can detect use-after-free bugs before release.

prevents

Secure SDLC mandates memory-safety practices that reduce use-after-free defects.

prevents

Application security requirements can specify memory-management rules that mitigate use-after-free.

prevents

Secure architecture principles include memory-safety design choices that limit use-after-free exposure.

prevents

Secure coding standards directly prescribe avoidance of use-after-free patterns.

prevents

Change-management processes help ensure memory-safety fixes are deployed consistently.

References