CVE-2022-37061
What it is
All FLIR AX8 thermal sensor cameras version up to and including 1.46.16 are vulnerable to Remote Command Injection. This can be exploited to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands as the root user through the id HTTP POST parameter in the res.php endpoint. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with the root privileges. NOTE: The vendor has stated that with the introduction of firmware version 1.49.16 (Jan 2023) the FLIR AX8 should no longer be affected by the vulnerability reported. Latest firmware version (as of Oct 2025, was released Jun 2024) is 1.55.16.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 99.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS). Higher than most.
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- ReservedThe CVE id was reserved by its CNA
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 99.6% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 9.8 CRITICAL (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
- It meets the bar for Drop everything: critical, and exploited or very likely to be.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 99.6% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-78 · OS command injection
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Flir ax8 Firmware ≤ 1.46.16
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 9.8
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Is it in your code?
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Fix and advisories
- https://gist.github.com/Nwqda/9e16852ab7827dc62b8e44d6180a6899
- https://www.flir.com/products/ax8-automation/
- https://gist.github.com/Nwqda/9e16852ab7827dc62b8e44d6180a6899
- https://www.flir.com/products/ax8-automation/
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168114/FLIX-AX8-1.46.16-Remote-Command-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168116/FLIR-AX8-1.46.16-Traversal-Access-Control-Command-Injection-XSS.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169701/FLIR-AX8-1.46.16-Remote-Command-Injection.html
- https://gist.github.com/Nwqda/9e16852ab7827dc62b8e44d6180a6899
- https://github.com/WlX-33/PoC-for-CVE/blob/main/CVE-2022-36266/FLIR%20AX8%20Unauthenticated%20OS%20Command%20Injection.py
- https://www.flir.com/products/ax8-automation/
- https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2018-5491.php
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168114/FLIX-AX8-1.46.16-Remote-Command-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168116/FLIR-AX8-1.46.16-Traversal-Access-Control-Command-Injection-XSS.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169701/FLIR-AX8-1.46.16-Remote-Command-Injection.html
- https://gist.github.com/Nwqda/9e16852ab7827dc62b8e44d6180a6899
- https://www.flir.com/products/ax8-automation/
- https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2018-5491.php