Huawei has made significant changes to its ecosystem following Google’s sanction. smart phonefor watches and other devices HarmonyOS The manufacturer, which developed the operating system, thus offered alternative software for Android.

on the other hand to Google Play Store An alternative store was also developed. It has been in our life for several years and allows to download many applications. Huawei AppGalleryused by millions of people. But in recent weeks, there has been a critical vulnerability in the app. The vulnerability allows paid apps to be downloaded for free.

The vulnerability in Huawei AppGallery is still not fixed

From Android developers Dylan Roussel† on AppGallery discovered the vulnerability a few months ago. The developer, who found the vulnerability in the store, argued that AppGallery’s API does not provide any protection for paid applications. These are paid apps. It means free download.

The developer who found the vulnerability in the app store paid free apps It says it takes a few steps to download it. However, he also stressed that this requires technical knowledge and cannot be done by everyone. This vulnerability does not mean that everyone will download paid applications for free.

The developer stated that he has reported the situation to Huawei so far, but that even though months have passed, the issue has not yet been resolved. Fortunately, Huawei accepted the incoming email and assigned an ID to the vulnerability. Therefore, this problem in AppGallery can be solved in a short time.