Medium severity · published Nov 11, 2025
CVE-2025-5452
A malicious ACAP application can gain access to admin-level service account credentials used by legitimate ACAP applications, leading to potential privilege escalation of the…
6.6
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A malicious ACAP application can gain access to admin-level service account credentials used by legitimate ACAP applications, leading to potential privilege escalation of the malicious ACAP application. This vulnerability can only be exploited if the Axis device is configured to allow the installation of unsigned ACAP applications, and if an attacker convinces the victim to install a malicious ACAP application.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 24% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AO
Axis OS · Axis
12.0.0 before 12.6.69 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5452
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5452
Vendor Advisory
https://www.axis.com/dam/public/39/ba/8b/cve-2025-5452pdf-en-US-504212.pdf
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