What is CVE-2023-41296?

CVE-2023-41296 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Huawei Emui, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2023-09-25.

How severe is CVE-2023-41296?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Huawei Emui

CVE-2023-41296

Vulnerability of missing authorization in the kernel module. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect integrity and confidentiality.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2023-09-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (29.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 29.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Huawei Emui — versions 12.0.0, 12.0, 11.0.1
Huawei Harmonyos — versions 4.0.0, 3.1.0, 3.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2023/9/ (Vendor Advisory)
device.harmonyos.com/en/docs/security/update/security-bulletins-202309-00000016… (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-41296?: CVE-2023-41296 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Huawei Emui, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2023-09-25.
How severe is CVE-2023-41296?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.