Check HarmonyOS March 2023 security update details

Huawei has released March 2023 security update details for the HarmonyOS, this patch mentions various security improvements for devices running the HarmonyOS operating system.

According to the information, Huawei HarmonyOS March 2023 security bulletin contains details of security vulnerabilities that have been fixed by security patch 2023-03-01 or the updated HarmonyOS version.

The latest security patch helps users to secure their phones, tablets and smartwatches from vulnerabilities designed for malicious intent.

HarmonyOS 3:

In the meantime, Huawei continues to sign up new smartphones with HarmonyOS 3 beta. As recently, Huawei P20 and Mate 10 series received closed beta in the homeland. However, there are also top Honor phones including Honor V30 and Honor 30 series already part of the test pool.

Both P20 and Mate 10 series are important and one of the oldest to receive a new HarmonyOS upgrade, which was released in 2018 and 2017 respectively.

HarmonyOS 3 also brings new improvements, such as the new Huawei Share optimizations. This automatically disables the phone’s Huawei Share within 20 seconds.

Another interesting feature that Huawei recently released is the ability to delete some system applications. It seems like the feature needs some optimizations to work to the fullest. Read more about it here.

HarmonyOS 3.1

HarmonyOS 3.1 is making moves and the developer beta activity is about conclude for Huawei P50 and P50 Pro. The HarmonyOS 3.1 roadmap suggest release in early April for old devices but the P60 series could grab it first.

HarmonyOS March 2023 security patch details.

This software update fixes 2 of the medium, critical, and high level vulnerabilities for HarmonyOS 3 and HarmonyOS 2 in the kernel section.

There are 5 vulnerabilities fixed in the system for HarmonyOS 3.1, 3.0, 2.1, and 2.0. The app section also got improvements by fixing 6 CVES in different parts of the app system.

Framework is the one with 7 CVEs fixed right away with high and medium levels of security threat for different HarmonyOS versions. These are some important fixes and we suggest all of the HarmonyOS smartphone owners upgrade to the latest version as soon as possible.