Tokensync in security subsystem has a permission bypass vulnerability. LAN attackers can bypass the distributed permission control.To take advantage of this weakness, attackers need another vulnerability to obtain system.

published 2022-09-09 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-40683

cvss: 6.2; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 8%
public exploits: 0; none known

OpenHarmony-v3.1.2 and prior versions have a permission bypass vulnerability. LAN attackers can bypass the distributed permission control.To take advantage of this weakness, attackers need another vulnerability to obtain system.

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Exploit prediction

0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected products

OpenHarmony OpenHarmony

Classification

Weakness

CWE-305 Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness
CWE-287 Improper Authentication

References

gitee.com /openharmony/security/blob/master/en/security-disclosure/2022/2022-09.md
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-38081
NVD CVE-2022-38081

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