CVE-2022-37061

9.8 CRITICAL
Published: August 18, 2022 Modified: October 17, 2025

Description

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://gist.github.com/Nwqda/9e16852ab7827dc62b8e44d6180a6899
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Mitigation Third Party Advisory
https://www.flir.com/products/ax8-automation/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Product Vendor Advisory
https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2018-5491.php
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168114/FLIX-AX8-1.46.16-Remote-Command-Execution.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168116/FLIR-AX8-1.46.16-Traversal-Access-Control-Command-Injection-XSS.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169701/FLIR-AX8-1.46.16-Remote-Command-Injection.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://gist.github.com/Nwqda/9e16852ab7827dc62b8e44d6180a6899
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Mitigation Third Party Advisory
https://www.flir.com/products/ax8-automation/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Product Vendor Advisory
https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2018-5491.php
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory

13 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
93.5%
100th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

flir