Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-101170 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-101170 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-101170?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4, published 2 November 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Huawei Harmonyos 7.0.0.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-101170?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-101170 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network or with local access.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-101170?
- Check whether you run Huawei Harmonyos at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The file parsing module in HarmonyOS contains a flaw that can be triggered by a specially crafted file, leading to a denial of service condition. The vulnerability affects the file parsing functionality used across HarmonyOS systems. An attacker with the ability to provide a malicious file to the vulnerable component could trigger the DoS condition and crash affected applications or the system itself.
Affected products
- Huawei HarmonyOS 7.0.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-10: disclosed