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FLIR Systems AX8 Cameras OS Command Injection (CVE-2022-37061)

critical Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 505187

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

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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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4aafc843

http://www.nessus.org/u?af4779fb

http://www.nessus.org/u?521092be

https://gist.github.com/Nwqda/9e16852ab7827dc62b8e44d6180a6899

http://www.nessus.org/u?9b23d5f7

https://www.flir.com/products/ax8-automation/

https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2018-5491.php

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 505187

File Name: tenable_ot_flirsystems_CVE-2022-37061.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 2/19/2026

Updated: 2/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-37061

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:flir:flir_ax8_firmware

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/FLIRSystems

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/18/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/18/2022

Exploitable With

Metasploit (FLIR AX8 unauthenticated RCE)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-37061

CWE: 78