What is CVE-2016-8754?

CVE-2016-8754 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Oceanstor 5600 V3, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-04-02.

How severe is CVE-2016-8754?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Huawei Oceanstor 5600 V3

CVE-2016-8754

Huawei OceanStor 5600 V3 V300R003C00 has a hardcoded SSH key vulnerability; the hardcoded keys are used to encrypt communication data and authenticate different nodes of the devices. An attacker may obtain the hardcoded keys and log in to such a device through SSH.

Published 2017-04-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (28.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 28.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Huawei Oceanstor 5600 V3
Huawei Oceanstor 5600 V3 Firmware — versions v300r003c00
Oceanstor 5600 V3 V300r003c00 — versions OceanStor 5600 V3 V300R003C00

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/93607 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20161017-01-storage-en (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8754?: CVE-2016-8754 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Oceanstor 5600 V3, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-04-02.
How severe is CVE-2016-8754?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.