What is CVE-2017-2718?

CVE-2017-2718 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Fusionsphere OpenStack, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-11-22.

How severe is CVE-2017-2718?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

RCE in Huawei Fusionsphere OpenStack

CVE-2017-2718

FusionSphere OpenStack with software V100R006C00 and V100R006C10RC2 has two command injection vulnerabilities due to the insufficient input validation on one port. An attacker can exploit the vulnerabilities to gain root privileges by sending some messages with malicious commands.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2017-11-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Huawei Fusionsphere OpenStack — versions v100r006c00, v100r006c10
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Fusionsphere OpenStack — versions V100R006C10RC2, &#xac, V100R006C00&#xa3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170823-01-openstack-en (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-2718?: CVE-2017-2718 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Fusionsphere OpenStack, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-11-22.
How severe is CVE-2017-2718?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.