CVE-2022-37061
Published: 18 August 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-37061 is a critical-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Flir Flir Ax8 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 0.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis
FLIR AX8 thermal sensor cameras up to and including firmware version 1.46.16 contain a remote command injection vulnerability (CWE-78) in the res.php endpoint. Unauthenticated attackers can supply arbitrary commands via the id HTTP POST parameter, which are executed with root privileges on the underlying operating system. The flaw received a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8 reflecting network-accessible, low-complexity exploitation without authentication or user interaction.
An attacker with network reachability to an affected camera can inject and run shell commands to achieve full control of the device, including reading or modifying any data and altering camera behavior. Public proof-of-concept code has been published demonstrating unauthenticated remote command execution and related issues such as path traversal and cross-site scripting against the same firmware versions.
The vendor indicated that firmware 1.49.16, released in January 2023, resolves the reported vulnerability, with the current release at 1.55.16. The associated EPSS score has remained consistently high, reaching a peak of 0.9700 and currently sitting at 0.9352, consistent with the availability of public exploits.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-39714
Vulnerability details
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…
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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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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
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Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.