CVE-2022-37061
All FLIR AX8 thermal sensor cameras version up to and including 1.46.16 are vulnerable to Remote Command Injection.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 99.6%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 99.61% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 16 April 2025
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Affected
- flir/flir ax8 firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 99.6% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168114/FLIX-AX8-1.46.16-Remote-Command-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168116/FLIR-AX8-1.46.16-Traversal-Access-Control-Command-Injection-XSS.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169701/FLIR-AX8-1.46.16-Remote-Command-Injection.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://gist.github.com/Nwqda/9e16852ab7827dc62b8e44d6180a6899Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- 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/Product, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2018-5491.phpExploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168114/FLIX-AX8-1.46.16-Remote-Command-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168116/FLIR-AX8-1.46.16-Traversal-Access-Control-Command-Injection-XSS.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169701/FLIR-AX8-1.46.16-Remote-Command-Injection.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://gist.github.com/Nwqda/9e16852ab7827dc62b8e44d6180a6899Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.flir.com/products/ax8-automation/Product, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2018-5491.phpExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.