# CVE-2022-37680: An improper authentication for critical function issue in Hitachi Kokusai Electric Network products for monitoring system (Camera, Decoder a

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-08-29 · Updated: 2025-02-13

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An improper authentication for critical function issue in Hitachi Kokusai Electric Network products for monitoring system (Camera, Decoder and Encoder) and bellow allows attckers to remotely reboot the device via a crafted POST request to the endpoint /ptipupgrade.cgi. Security information ID hitachi-sec-2022-001 contains fixes for the issue.

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## References

- https://gist.github.com/Nwqda/5efea18c9142c6a966d85c6be2c0c2b5
- https://www.hitachi-kokusai.co.jp/global/en/products/info/vulnerable/hitachi-sec-2022-001/index.html

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