Axis Os

A configuration file on the local file system had improper input validation which could allow code execution and potentially lead to privilege escalation. This vulnerability can only be exploited if an attacker can log in to the Axis device using SSH.

Published: 2026-05-12T05:49:46.712Z
Updated: 2026-05-13T03:57:48.852Z

An ACAP configuration file lacked sufficient input validation, which could allow a path traversal attack leading to potential privilege escalation. This vulnerability can only be exploited if the Axis device is configured to allow the installation of unsigned ACAP applications, and if an attacker convinces the victim to install a malicious ACAP application.

Published: 2026-05-12T05:46:45.260Z
Updated: 2026-05-13T03:57:49.905Z

An ACAP configuration file lacked sufficient input validation, which could allow command injection and potentially lead to privilege escalation. This vulnerability can only be exploited if the Axis device is configured to allow the installation of unsigned ACAP applications, and if an attacker convinces the victim to install a malicious ACAP application.

Published: 2026-05-12T05:44:59.349Z
Updated: 2026-05-13T03:57:50.980Z

ACAP applications can gain elevated privileges due to improper input validation during the installation process, potentially leading to privilege escalation. This vulnerability can only be exploited if the Axis device is configured to allow the installation of unsigned ACAP applications, and if an attacker convinces the victim to install a malicious ACAP application.

Published: 2026-05-12T05:42:27.982Z
Updated: 2026-05-13T03:57:52.075Z

The VAPIX API port.cgi did not have sufficient input validation, which may result in process crashes and impact usability. This vulnerability can only be exploited after authenticating with a viewer- operator- or administrator-privileged service account.

Published: 2025-11-11T07:25:45.754Z
Updated: 2025-11-14T17:54:18.966Z

The VAPIX Edge storage API that allowed a privilege escalation, enabling a VAPIX administrator-privileged user to gain Linux Root privileges. This flaw can only be exploited after authenticating with an administrator-privileged service account.

Published: 2025-11-11T07:31:00.808Z
Updated: 2026-02-26T16:58:00.969Z

It was possible to upload files with a specific name to a temporary directory, which may result in process crashes and impact usability. This flaw can only be exploited after authenticating with an operator- or administrator-privileged service account.

Published: 2025-11-11T07:28:40.933Z
Updated: 2025-11-14T18:21:44.092Z

An ACAP configuration file has improper permissions and lacks input validation, which could potentially lead to privilege escalation. This vulnerability can only be exploited if the Axis device is configured to allow the installation of unsigned ACAP applications, and if an attacker convinces the victim to install a malicious ACAP application.

Published: 2025-11-11T07:10:31.421Z
Updated: 2026-02-26T16:58:01.336Z

An ACAP configuration file has improper permissions, which could allow command injection and potentially lead to privilege escalation. This vulnerability can only be exploited if the Axis device is configured to allow the installation of unsigned ACAP applications, and if an attacker convinces the victim to install a malicious ACAP application.

Published: 2025-11-11T07:05:51.357Z
Updated: 2026-02-26T16:58:01.741Z

A 3rd-party component exposed its password in process arguments, allowing for low-privileged users to access it.

Published: 2025-11-11T07:03:19.709Z
Updated: 2026-02-26T16:58:02.209Z

ACAP applications can gain elevated privileges due to improper input validation, potentially leading to privilege escalation. This vulnerability can only be exploited if the Axis device is configured to allow the installation of unsigned ACAP applications, and if an attacker convinces the victim to install a malicious ACAP application.

Published: 2025-11-11T06:56:50.533Z
Updated: 2026-02-26T16:58:02.894Z

The ACAP Application framework could allow privilege escalation through a symlink attack. This vulnerability can only be exploited if the Axis device is configured to allow the installation of unsigned ACAP applications, and if an attacker convinces the victim to install a malicious ACAP application.

Published: 2025-11-11T06:52:33.565Z
Updated: 2026-02-26T17:46:56.472Z

An ACAP configuration file lacked sufficient input validation, which could allow a path traversal attack leading to potential privilege escalation. This vulnerability can only be exploited if the Axis device is configured to allow the installation of unsigned ACAP applications, and if an attacker convinces the victim to install a malicious ACAP application.

Published: 2025-11-11T06:50:19.130Z
Updated: 2026-02-26T17:46:56.798Z

A malicious ACAP application can gain access to admin-level service account credentials used by legitimate ACAP applications, leading to potential privilege escalation of the malicious ACAP application. This vulnerability can only be exploited if the Axis device is configured to allow the installation of unsigned ACAP applications, and if an attacker convinces the victim to install a malicious ACAP application.

Published: 2025-11-11T07:00:46.077Z
Updated: 2026-02-26T16:58:02.603Z

An ACAP configuration file lacked sufficient input validation, which could allow for arbitrary code execution. This vulnerability can only be exploited if the Axis device is configured to allow the installation of unsigned ACAP applications, and if an attacker convinces the victim to install a malicious ACAP application.

Published: 2025-11-11T06:45:29.674Z
Updated: 2026-02-26T17:46:57.156Z

ACAP applications can be executed with elevated privileges, potentially leading to privilege escalation. This vulnerability can only be exploited if the Axis device is configured to allow the installation of unsigned ACAP applications, and if an attacker convinces the victim to install a malicious ACAP application.

Published: 2025-08-12T05:14:43.655Z
Updated: 2026-02-26T17:49:43.547Z

An ACAP configuration file lacked sufficient input validation, which could allow for arbitrary code execution. This vulnerability can only be exploited if the Axis device is configured to allow the installation of unsigned ACAP applications, and if an attacker convinces the victim to install a malicious ACAP application.

Published: 2025-08-12T05:18:26.937Z
Updated: 2026-02-26T17:49:43.219Z

The VAPIX API mediaclip.cgi that did not have a sufficient input validation allowing for a possible remote code execution. This flaw can only be exploited after authenticating with an operator- or administrator- privileged service account.

Published: 2026-02-10T05:32:19.555Z
Updated: 2026-02-26T15:04:12.975Z

During an annual penetration test conducted on behalf of Axis Communications, Truesec discovered a flaw in the VAPIX Device Configuration framework that allowed for unauthenticated username enumeration through the VAPIX Device Configuration SSH Management API.

Published: 2025-04-08T05:38:02.631Z
Updated: 2025-04-08T14:50:47.286Z

During an annual penetration test conducted on behalf of Axis Communication, Truesec discovered a flaw in the VAPIX Device Configuration framework that could lead to an incorrect user privilege level in the VAPIX service account D-Bus API.

Published: 2025-03-04T05:24:00.720Z
Updated: 2025-03-26T12:09:06.856Z

During an annual penetration test conducted on behalf of Axis Communication, Truesec discovered a flaw in the ACAP Application framework that allowed applications to access restricted D-Bus methods within the framework. Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.

Published: 2025-03-04T05:21:34.944Z
Updated: 2025-03-28T07:03:53.756Z

During an annual penetration test conducted on behalf of Axis Communication, Truesec discovered a flaw in the VAPIX Device Configuration framework that allowed a privilege escalation, enabling a lower-privileged user to gain administrator privileges.

Published: 2025-06-02T07:39:50.165Z
Updated: 2025-06-02T12:59:42.360Z

A Guard Tour VAPIX API parameter allowed the use of arbitrary values and can be incorrectly called, allowing an attacker to block access to the guard tour configuration page in the web interface of the Axis device.

Published: 2025-06-02T07:36:55.800Z
Updated: 2025-06-02T13:25:19.277Z

The VAPIX Device Configuration framework allowed a privilege escalation, enabling a lower-privileged user to gain administrator privileges.

Published: 2025-06-02T07:32:56.772Z
Updated: 2025-06-02T13:26:30.431Z

51l3nc3, member of the AXIS OS Bug Bounty Program, has found that the VAPIX API managedoverlayimages.cgi was vulnerable to a race condition attack allowing for an attacker to block access to the overlay configuration page in the web interface of the Axis device. This flaw can only be exploited after authenticating with an operator- or administrator-privileged service account. Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.

Published: 2024-11-26T07:24:27.026Z
Updated: 2025-03-28T07:16:28.604Z

Erik de Jong, member of the AXIS OS Bug Bounty Program, has found that the VAPIX API ftptest.cgi did not have a sufficient input validation allowing for a possible command injection leading to being able to transfer files from/to the Axis device. This flaw can only be exploited after authenticating with an administrator-privileged service account. Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.

Published: 2024-11-26T07:27:32.229Z
Updated: 2025-03-28T07:18:14.700Z

During internal Axis Security Development Model (ASDM) threat-modelling, a flaw was found in the protection for device tampering (commonly known as Secure Boot) in AXIS OS making it vulnerable to a sophisticated attack to bypass this protection. To Axis' knowledge, there are no known exploits of the vulnerability at this time. Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.

Published: 2024-09-10T05:14:33.855Z
Updated: 2025-03-28T07:23:28.450Z

Amin Aliakbari, member of the AXIS OS Bug Bounty Program, has found a broken access control which would lead to less-privileged operator- and/or viewer accounts having more privileges than designed. The risk of exploitation is very low as it requires complex steps to execute, including knowing of account passwords and social engineering attacks in tricking the administrator to perform specific configurations on operator- and/or viewer-privileged accounts. Axis has released patched AXIS OS a version for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.

Published: 2024-09-10T05:07:42.554Z
Updated: 2025-03-28T07:24:34.043Z

Marinus Pfund, member of the AXIS OS Bug Bounty Program, has found the VAPIX API alwaysmulti.cgi was vulnerable for file globbing which could lead to resource exhaustion of the Axis device. Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.

Published: 2024-09-10T04:58:28.559Z
Updated: 2025-03-28T07:27:30.180Z

51l3nc3, member of the AXIS OS Bug Bounty Program, has found that a Guard Tour VAPIX API parameter allowed the use of arbitrary values allowing for an attacker to block access to the guard tour configuration page in the web interface of the Axis device. Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.

Published: 2024-09-10T05:03:35.854Z
Updated: 2024-11-29T05:33:10.464Z

Dzmitry Lukyanenka, member of the AXIS OS Bug Bounty Program, has found that the VAPIX API param.cgi was vulnerable to a race condition attack allowing for an attacker to block access to the web interface of the Axis device. Other API endpoints or services not making use of param.cgi are not affected. Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.

Published: 2025-03-04T05:19:09.007Z
Updated: 2025-03-28T07:11:08.168Z

51l3nc3, a member of the AXIS OS Bug Bounty Program, has found that the VAPIX API uploadoverlayimage.cgi did not have sufficient input validation to allow an attacker to upload files to block access to create image overlays in the web interface of the Axis device.

Published: 2025-04-08T05:33:58.782Z
Updated: 2025-04-08T14:50:58.877Z

51l3nc3, member of the AXIS OS Bug Bounty Program, has found that the VAPIX API mediaclip.cgi did not have a sufficient input validation allowing for uploading more audio clips then designed resulting in the Axis device running out of memory.  Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.

Published: 2025-03-04T05:17:35.063Z
Updated: 2025-03-28T07:13:48.640Z

Girishunawane, member of the AXIS OS Bug Bounty Program, has found that the VAPIX API dynamicoverlay.cgi did not have a sufficient input validation allowing for a possible command injection leading to being able to transfer files to the Axis device with the purpose to exhaust system resources. Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.

Published: 2025-03-04T05:15:16.499Z
Updated: 2025-03-28T07:15:06.622Z

Marinus Pfund, member of the AXIS OS Bug Bounty Program, has found the VAPIX API ledlimit.cgi was vulnerable for path traversal attacks allowing to list folder/file names on the local file system of the Axis device. Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.

Published: 2024-09-10T04:54:45.733Z
Updated: 2024-11-08T08:47:17.015Z

Johan Fagerström, member of the AXIS OS Bug Bounty Program, has found that a O3C feature may expose sensitive traffic between the client (Axis device) and (O3C) server. If O3C is not being used this flaw does not apply. Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.

Published: 2024-06-18T06:10:25.800Z
Updated: 2024-11-08T08:50:35.312Z

Sandro Poppi, member of the AXIS OS Bug Bounty Program, has found that the VAPIX APIs mediaclip.cgi and playclip.cgi was vulnerable for file globbing which could lead to a resource exhaustion attack. Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.

Published: 2024-03-19T06:39:24.100Z
Updated: 2024-11-08T08:51:23.936Z

Sandro Poppi, member of the AXIS OS Bug Bounty Program, has found that the VAPIX APIs local_list.cgi, create_overlay.cgi and irissetup.cgi was vulnerable for file globbing which could lead to a resource exhaustion attack. Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.

Published: 2024-03-19T06:35:15.078Z
Updated: 2024-11-08T08:51:53.794Z

Vintage, member of the AXIS OS Bug Bounty Program, has found that the VAPIX API create_overlay.cgi did not have a sufficient input validation allowing for a possible remote code execution. This flaw can only be exploited after authenticating with an operator- or administrator-privileged service account. Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.

Published: 2024-02-05T05:20:38.668Z
Updated: 2025-06-17T21:29:24.981Z

Brandon Rothel from QED Secure Solutions and Sam Hanson of Dragos have found that the VAPIX API tcptest.cgi did not have a sufficient input validation allowing for a possible remote code execution. This flaw can only be exploited after authenticating with an operator- or administrator-privileged service account. The impact of exploiting this vulnerability is lower with operator-privileges compared to administrator-privileges service accounts. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.

Published: 2024-02-05T05:20:24.483Z
Updated: 2025-06-17T21:29:24.839Z

During internal Axis Security Development Model (ASDM) threat-modelling, a flaw was found in the protection for device tampering (commonly known as Secure Boot) in AXIS OS making it vulnerable to a sophisticated attack to bypass this protection. To Axis' knowledge, there are no known exploits of the vulnerability at this time. Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.

Published: 2023-11-21T06:59:42.711Z
Updated: 2025-06-10T14:00:37.202Z

Sandro Poppi, member of the AXIS OS Bug Bounty Program, has found that the VAPIX API irissetup.cgi was vulnerable to path traversal attacks that allows for file deletion. This flaw can only be exploited after authenticating with an operator- or administrator-privileged service account. The impact of exploiting this vulnerability is lower with operator service accounts and limited to non-system files compared to administrator-privileges. Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.

Published: 2023-11-21T06:56:09.221Z
Updated: 2025-06-11T13:58:29.097Z

Sandro Poppi, member of the AXIS OS Bug Bounty Program, has found that the VAPIX API manageoverlayimage.cgi was vulnerable to path traversal attacks that allows for file/folder deletion. This flaw can only be exploited after authenticating with an operator- or administrator- privileged service account. The impact of exploiting this vulnerability is lower with operator service accounts and limited to non-system files compared to administrator-privileges. Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.

Published: 2023-11-21T06:53:06.158Z
Updated: 2025-06-11T13:59:30.672Z

Sandro Poppi, member of the AXIS OS Bug Bounty Program, has found that the VAPIX API dynamicoverlay.cgi was vulnerable to a Denial-of-Service attack allowing for an attacker to block access to the overlay configuration page in the web interface of the Axis device. This flaw can only be exploited after authenticating with an operator- or administrator-privileged service account however the impact is equal. Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.

Published: 2023-11-21T06:49:12.027Z
Updated: 2025-06-11T14:02:06.638Z

Sandro Poppi, member of the AXIS OS Bug Bounty Program, has found that the VAPIX API overlay_del.cgi is vulnerable to path traversal attacks that allows for file deletion. This flaw can only be exploited after authenticating with an operator- or administrator-privileged service account. Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.

Published: 2023-10-16T06:24:13.381Z
Updated: 2024-11-08T08:33:59.027Z

NCC Group has found a flaw during the annual internal penetration test ordered by Axis Communications. The protection for device tampering (commonly known as Secure Boot) contains a flaw which provides an opportunity for a sophisticated attack to bypass this protection. Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.

Published: 2023-10-16T06:18:06.428Z
Updated: 2024-11-08T08:32:47.057Z

GoSecure on behalf of Genetec Inc. has found a flaw that allows for a remote code execution during the installation of ACAP applications on the Axis device. The application handling service in AXIS OS was vulnerable to command injection allowing an attacker to run arbitrary code. Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.

Published: 2023-10-16T06:08:33.349Z
Updated: 2025-06-16T16:51:55.426Z

AXIS OS 11.0.X - 11.3.x use a static RSA key in legacy LUA-components to protect Axis-specific source code. The static RSA key is not used in any other secure communication nor can it be used to compromise the device or any customer data.

Published: 2023-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2025-01-29T16:13:31.188Z

A user controlled parameter related to SMTP test functionality is not correctly validated making it possible to add the Carriage Return and Line Feed (CRLF) control characters and include arbitrary SMTP headers in the generated test email.

Published: 2021-10-05T21:48:03.000Z
Updated: 2024-11-08T08:20:43.807Z

A user controlled parameter related to SMTP test functionality is not correctly validated making it possible to bypass blocked network recipients.

Published: 2021-10-05T21:46:45.000Z
Updated: 2024-11-08T08:20:22.238Z

User controlled parameters related to SMTP notifications are not correctly validated. This can lead to a buffer overflow resulting in crashes and data leakage.

Published: 2021-10-05T21:45:24.000Z
Updated: 2024-11-08T08:21:21.927Z