Teledyne FLIR AX8 Web Service palette.php command injection
A vulnerability has been found in Teledyne FLIR AX8 up to 1.46.16. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file palette.php of the component Web Service Handler. The manipulation of the argument palette leads to command injection. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 1.49.16 can resolve this issue. Upgrading the affected component is advised. The vendor points out: "FLIR AX8 internal web site has been refactored to be able to handle the reported vulnerabilities."
- Published
- Dec 8, 2022
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 4.3% · 91th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-74
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Action score
23
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 4.3%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- proof of concept
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · VulDB
- 6.9
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| flir | flir ax8 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:flir:flir_ax8_firmware |
| flir | flir ax8 | cpe:2.3:h:flir:flir_ax8 |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- flir flir ax8 firmware1.46.0 and later · before 1.46.16
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (VulDB). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Teledyne FLIR AX8
- 1.49.16not affected
- 1.46.0, 1.46.1, 1.46.2, 1.46.3, 1.46.4, 1.46.5, 1.46.6, 1.46.7, 1.46.8, 1.46.9, 1.46.10, 1.46.11 … (+5)affected
Same product
flir: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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- CVE-2018-25138FLIR AX8 Thermal Camera 1.32.16 Hard-Coded Credentials Authentication Bypass37Monitor
- CVE-2022-37060FLIR AX8 thermal sensor cameras version up to and including 1.46.16 is vulnerable to Directory Traversal due to an improper access restricti36Monitor
- CVE-2018-25139FLIR AX8 Thermal Camera 1.32.16 Unauthenticated RTSP Stream Disclosure34Monitor
- CVE-2022-37062All FLIR AX8 thermal sensor cameras version up to and including 1.46.16 are affected by an insecure design vulnerability due to an improper 31Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Teledyne FLIR AX8 | 1.49.16 · description | Vendor (CNA) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- ireading (VulDB User)reporter
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Availability
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- X
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-74 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment VariablesCAPEC-10likelihood: High · High
- Server Side Include (SSI) InjectionCAPEC-101likelihood: High · High
- HTTP Request SplittingCAPEC-105likelihood: Medium · High
- Command Line Execution through SQL InjectionCAPEC-108likelihood: Low · Very High
- Double EncodingCAPEC-120likelihood: Low · Medium
- Subverting Environment Variable ValuesCAPEC-13likelihood: High · Very High
- Format String InjectionCAPEC-135likelihood: High · High
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer OverflowCAPEC-14likelihood: Medium · High
Noroxi analysis
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.