CVE-2017-8158 — FusionCompute V100R005C00 and V100R005C10 have an improper authorization vulnera

FusionCompute V100R005C00 and V100R005C10 have an improper authorization vulnerability due to improper permission settings for a certain file on the host machine. An authenticated attacker could create a large number of virtual machine (VM) processes to exhaust system resources.

01What is this vulnerability?

FusionCompute V100R005C00 and V100R005C10 have an improper authorization vulnerability due to improper permission settings for a certain file on the host machine. An authenticated attacker could create a large number of virtual machine (VM) processes to exhaust system resources. Successful exploit could make new VMs unavailable.

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2017-11-22T19:29:03.647
• Last modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

09References

• www.huawei.com — http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/2017/huawei-sa-20170927-01-do…
• www.huawei.com — http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/2017/huawei-sa-20170927-01-do…