CVE-2023-5553
Axis Communications
- Published
- 21 November 2023
- Last modified
- 17 June 2026
- CVSS
- 6.8 v3.1
- Severity
- medium
- EPSS
- 0.3% (26th pct)
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- NVD status
- Modified
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
During internal Axis Security Development Model (ASDM) threat-modelling, a flaw was found in the protection for device tampering (commonly known as Secure Boot) in AXIS OS making it vulnerable to a sophisticated attack to bypass this protection. To Axis' knowledge, there are no known exploits of the vulnerability at this time. Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.
Exploitation
Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue as of 2026.09.04. That is an absence of confirmed public exploitation, not evidence that exploitation has not occurred. EPSS models a 0.3% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
Affected products
| Product | Vendor | Type | Versions named |
|---|---|---|---|
| Axis Os | Axis Communications | unknown | < 10.12.199, < 10.12.206, < 10.7, < 10.8 +41 |
| Axis Os 2022 | Axis Communications | unknown | < 10.12.206, < 10.12.208, < 10.12.213, < 10.12.220 +3 |
References
Vendor advisory and patch
- https://www.axis.com/dam/public/0a/66/25/cve-2023-5553-en-US-417789.pdf
- https://www.axis.com/dam/public/0a/66/25/cve-2023-5553-en-US-417789.pdf
Record assembled from NVD, CISA KEV 2026.09.04 and FIRST EPSS 2026-09-04. Affected products are those NVD's CPE configuration names that fall inside this site's scope; a CVE may affect products outside it.