CVE-2022-37680
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedAn 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.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceAn improper authentication vulnerability in Hitachi Kokusai Electric Network monitoring products (Camera, Decoder, Encoder) allows unauthenticated attackers to remotely reboot devices via a crafted POST request to the /ptipupgrade.cgi endpoint. This is a critical authentication bypass affecting the firmware upgrade functionality.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 1.07CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the device modelCheck the product label, web interface, or system information page to confirm the device is a Hitachi Kokusai Electric Network monitoring product (specifically Hitachi HC IP9100HD camera, decoder, or encoder)Affected if The device is a Hitachi HC IP9100HD or other Hitachi Kokusai Network monitoring product listed in the advisory
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Check the firmware versionAccess the device web interface or use SNMP/CLI to retrieve the current firmware version. Compare against the affected range: <= 1.07Affected if Firmware version is 1.07 or lower on Hitachi HC IP9100HD
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Verify /ptipupgrade.cgi endpoint accessibilityAttempt to reach the device over HTTP/HTTPS and check if the /ptipupgrade.cgi endpoint responds (note: do not send crafted requests). Use a browser or curl to test if the endpoint is reachable from your network location.Affected if The /ptipupgrade.cgi endpoint is accessible over the network (not blocked by firewall or segmentation)
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Confirm firmware upgrade feature is enabledCheck the device web interface settings or configuration to verify if the firmware upgrade functionality or PTIP upgrade feature is enabled/availableAffected if The firmware upgrade feature is enabled or present on the device
The device is affected if it is a Hitachi HC IP9100HD (or other affected Hitachi Kokusai product) running firmware version 1.07 or lower, and the /ptipupgrade.cgi endpoint is network-accessible with the firmware upgrade feature enabled.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply the vendor patch from security advisory hitachi-sec-2022-001. Until patched, restrict network access to the /ptipupgrade.cgi endpoint using firewall rules or network segmentation to prevent unauthorized reboot requests.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-37680 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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