What is CVE-2017-8216?

CVE-2017-8216 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei P10 Lite, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-11-22.

How severe is CVE-2017-8216?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Huawei P10 Lite

CVE-2017-8216

Warsaw Huawei Smart phones with software of versions earlier than Warsaw-AL00C00B180, versions earlier than Warsaw-TL10C01B180 have a permission control vulnerability. Due to improper authorization on specific processes, an attacker with the root privilege of a mobile Android system can exploit this vulnerability to obtain some information of the user.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (50.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 50.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Huawei P10 Lite
Huawei P10 Lite Firmware
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Warsaw — versions Versions earlier than Warsaw-AL00C00B180, Versions earlier than Warsaw-TL10C01B180

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/2017/huawei-sa-20170614-01-smartpho… (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/102190 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8216?: CVE-2017-8216 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei P10 Lite, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-11-22.
How severe is CVE-2017-8216?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.