What is CVE-2022-36385?

CVE-2022-36385 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Contec Health Cms8000 Icu Ccu Vital Signs Patient Monitor, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2022-09-13.

How severe is CVE-2022-36385?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Contec Health Cms8000 Icu Ccu Vital Signs Patient Monitor

CVE-2022-36385

A threat actor with momentary access to the device can plug in a USB drive and perform a malicious firmware update, resulting in permanent changes to device functionality. No authentication or controls are in place to prevent a threat actor from maliciously modifying firmware and performing a drive-by attack to load the firmware on any CMS8000 device.

Published 2022-09-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (30.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 30.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Contec Health Cms8000 Icu Ccu Vital Signs Patient Monitor — versions All
Contechealth Cms8000
Contechealth Cms8000 Firmware

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsma-22-244-01 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-36385?: CVE-2022-36385 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Contec Health Cms8000 Icu Ccu Vital Signs Patient Monitor, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2022-09-13.
How severe is CVE-2022-36385?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.