# CVE-2025-52598: Insufficient certificate validation

> An attacker can bypass certificate validation in the camera client service, potentially enabling man-in-the-middle attacks against the device.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 26 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3679-62vm-qq5r

## What is CVE-2025-52598?

CVE-2025-52598 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hanwha Vision Co., Ltd. QNV-C8012, published on 26 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Cybersecurity Nozomi Networks Labs, a specialized security company focused on Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and OT/IoT security, has found a flaw that camera's client service does not perform certificate validation. The manufacturer has released patch firmware for the flaw, please refer to the manufacturer's report for details and workarounds.

Weakness: CWE-295 (Improper Certificate Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-52598?

It affects 256 products.


Products: Hanwhavision Knb-2000 Firmware, Hanwhavision Knb-5000n Firmware, Hanwhavision Knd-2010 Firmware, Hanwhavision Knd-2020rn Firmware, Hanwhavision Knd-2080rn Firmware, Hanwhavision Knd-5020rn Firmware, Hanwhavision Knd-5080rn Firmware, Hanwhavision Kno-2010rn Firmware, Hanwhavision Kno-2080rn Firmware, Hanwhavision Kno-2120rn Firmware, Hanwhavision Kno-5020rn Firmware, Hanwhavision Kno-5080rn Firmware, Hanwhavision Knp-2120hn Firmware, Hanwhavision Knp-2320rh Firmware, Hanwhavision Knp-2320rha Firmware, Hanwhavision Knp-2550rha Firmware, Hanwhavision Pnm-7000vd Firmware, Hanwhavision Pnm-7002vd Firmware, Hanwhavision Pnm-9000vd Firmware, Hanwhavision Pnm-9000vq Firmware and 236 more.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-52598?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-52598 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-52598 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-52598 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Hanwha Vision Co., Ltd. QNV-C8012

- [CVE-2024-54013](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-54013/): Authentication Bypass (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2024-54012](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-54012/): Command Injection (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2025-52599](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-52599/): Inadequate account permissions management (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2025-52601](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-52601/): Hardcoding sensitive information (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2025-8075](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8075/): Improper Input Validation (medium 5.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-52598 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-52598 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hanwha Vision Co., Ltd. QNV-C8012, published on 26 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-52598 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Hanwha Vision Co., Ltd. QNV-C8012. 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-2025-52598/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-52598/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-52598
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-52598
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-52598

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-52598/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.