# CVE-2022-3027: Contec Health CMS8000

> An attacker can exploit unsanitized Wi-Fi SSID names to write arbitrary files or display incorrect information on Contec Health CMS8000 patient monitors.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Sep 2022
- **Updated:** 16 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q7x7-x9qf-5p7c

## What is CVE-2022-3027?

CVE-2022-3027 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in CMS8000 CONTEC ICU CCU Vital Signs Patient Monitor, published on 13 Sep 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The CMS8000 device does not properly control or sanitize the SSID name of a new Wi-Fi access point. A threat actor could create an SSID with a malicious name, including non-standard characters that, when the device attempts connecting to the malicious SSID, the device can be exploited to write arbitrary files or display incorrect information.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3027?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Contechealth Cms8000 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-3027?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3027 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-3027 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3027 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in CMS8000 CONTEC ICU CCU Vital Signs Patient Monitor

- [CVE-2022-38100](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38100/): Contec Health CMS8000 (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2022-36385](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36385/): Contec Health CMS8000 (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2022-38069](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38069/): Contec Health CMS8000 (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2022-38453](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38453/): Contec Health CMS8000 (low 3.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-3027 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-3027 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in CMS8000 CONTEC ICU CCU Vital Signs Patient Monitor, published on 13 Sep 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3027 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: CMS8000 CONTEC ICU CCU Vital Signs Patient Monitor. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3027/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3027/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3027
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3027
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3027

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3027/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.