CVE-2023-21417: Axis OS

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Sandro Poppi, member of the AXIS OS Bug Bounty Program, has found that the VAPIX API manageoverlayimage.cgi was vulnerable to path traversal attacks that allows for file/folder deletion. This flaw can only be exploited after authenticating with an operator- or administrator- privileged service account. The impact of exploiting this vulnerability is lower with operator service accounts and limited to non-system files compared to administrator-privileges. Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.

Affected products

• Axis Axis OS: before 11.7.57 (fixed in 11.7.57)
• Axis Axis OS 2020: before 9.80.49 (fixed in 9.80.49)
• Axis Axis OS 2022: before 10.12.208 (fixed in 10.12.208)

Published 2023-11-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.