What is CVE-2017-8168?

CVE-2017-8168 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Fusionsphere OpenStack, classified under Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2017-11-22.

How severe is CVE-2017-8168?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Huawei Fusionsphere OpenStack

CVE-2017-8168

FusionSphere OpenStack with software V100R006C00SPC102(NFV) and V100R006C10 have an information leak vulnerability. Due to an incorrect configuration item, the information transmitted by a transmission channel is not encrypted. An attacker accessing the internal network may obtain sensitive information transmitted.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (16.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 17th percentile — 16.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Huawei Fusionsphere OpenStack — versions v100r006c10, v100r006c00spc102(nfv), v100r006c00spc102\(nfv\)
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Fusionsphere OpenStack — versions V100R006C00SPC102(NFV),V100R006C10

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-311 — Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

References

www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20171025-01-openstack-en (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8168?: CVE-2017-8168 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Fusionsphere OpenStack, classified under Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2017-11-22.
How severe is CVE-2017-8168?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.