Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-45425

High

Published: 27 December 2022

Published
27 December 2022
Modified
14 April 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0028 51.3th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-45425 is a high-severity Use of Hard-coded Credentials (CWE-798) vulnerability in Dahuasecurity Dss Express. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 48.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Some Dahua software products have a vulnerability of using of hard-coded cryptographic key. An attacker can obtain the AES crypto key by exploiting this vulnerability.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

dahuasecurity
dss express
7.002.1760000.2, 8.0.2, 8.0.4, 8.1, 8.1.1
dahuasecurity
dss professional
7.002.1760000.2, 8.0.2, 8.0.4, 8.1, 8.1.1
dahuasecurity
dhi-dss7016d-s2 firmware
1.001.0000001.2, 8.0.2, 8.0.4, 8.1
dahuasecurity
dhi-dss7016dr-s2 firmware
1.001.0000001.2, 8.0.2, 8.0.4, 8.1
dahuasecurity
dhi-dss4004-s2 firmware
1.001.0000001.2, 8.0.2, 8.0.4, 8.1

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-798

Enables users to notice when hard-coded credentials have been exploited for unauthorized access.

addresses: CWE-798

Security training explicitly warns against hard-coded credentials, lowering their use in systems.

addresses: CWE-798

Policy and procedures prohibit hard-coded credentials in favor of managed authentication.

addresses: CWE-798

External identity providers eliminate the need for hard-coded credentials in applications.

addresses: CWE-798

Changing default authenticators prior to first use and protecting content prevents use of hard-coded credentials.

addresses: CWE-798

Central credential stores and rotation policies remove the need for hard-coded credentials in configuration files or code.

addresses: CWE-798

Intelligence programs surface reports of campaigns that abuse hard-coded credentials in products, prompting removal or replacement and thereby reducing successful exploitation.

addresses: CWE-798

Planned investment enables secure credential storage and management systems instead of hard-coded credentials.

References