What is CVE-2017-8189?

CVE-2017-8189 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Fusionsphere OpenStack, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2017-11-22.

How severe is CVE-2017-8189?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Huawei Fusionsphere OpenStack

CVE-2017-8189

FusionSphere OpenStack V100R006C00SPC102(NFV)has a path traversal vulnerability. Due to insufficient path validation, an attacker with high privilege may exploit this vulnerability to cover some files, causing services abnormal.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (18.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 18th percentile — 18.4% 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 v100r006c00spc102(nfv), v100r006c00spc102\(nfv\)
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Fusionsphere OpenStack — versions V100R006C00SPC102(NFV)

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20171018-01-fusionsphere-… (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8189?: CVE-2017-8189 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Fusionsphere OpenStack, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2017-11-22.
How severe is CVE-2017-8189?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.