CVE-2022-38625 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Patlite NH-FB v1.46 and below was discovered to contain insufficient firmware validation during the upgrade firmware file upload process. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers to create and upload their own custom-built firmware and inject malicious code. NOTE: the vendor's position is that this is a design choice, not a vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00265.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Patlite Subscribe	Nbm-d88n Subscribe Nbm-d88n Firmware Subscribe Nhl-3fb1 Subscribe Nhl-3fb1 Firmware Subscribe Nhl-3fv1n Subscribe Nhl-3fv1n Firmware Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:patlite:nbm-d88n_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:patlite:nbm-d88n:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:patlite:nhl-3fb1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:patlite:nhl-3fb1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:patlite:nhl-3fv1n_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:patlite:nhl-3fv1n:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data.

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://gist.github.com/Nwqda/dfad4e11b545dd40aebca6031d202f66
https://www.patlite.com/network-products/lineup/nh-fb.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r9FH6U2VR8

History

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 06:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-08-29T22:46:15.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T11:02:14.270Z

Reserved: 2022-08-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-38625

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T11:02:14.270Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-08-29T23:15:08.773

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:16:50.200

Link: CVE-2022-38625

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-345

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