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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-8151

Huawei Honor 5S smart phones with software the versions before TAG-TL00C01B173 have an authentication bypass vulnerability due to the improper design of some components.

MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 0.33%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.33%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Huawei Honor 5S smart phones with software the versions before TAG-TL00C01B173 have an authentication bypass vulnerability due to the improper design of some components. An attacker can get a user's smart phone and install malicious apps in the mobile phone, allowing the attacker to reset the password and fingerprint of the phone without authentication.

CVSS 3.0
6.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.33% probability · 26th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-287
Affected
huawei/honor 5s firmware
Source
psirt@huawei.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 0.33%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 0.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.