CVE-2017-8166

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-11-22 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Huawei mobile phones Honor V9 with the software versions before Duke-AL20C00B195 have an App Lock bypass vulnerability. An attacker could perform specific operations to bypass the App Lock to use apps on a target mobile phone.

Affected products

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Honor V9: before duke-al20c00b195 — fixed in duke-al20c00b195

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Honor V9 duke-al20c00b195. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20171019-01-smartphone-en
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20171019-01-smartphone-en

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