# CVE-2023-5677: Command injection in AXIS OS

> Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary code via insufficient input validation in the VAPIX API tcptest.cgi endpoint on Axis devices.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 17 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wpw2-f6x3-8f7j

## What is CVE-2023-5677?

CVE-2023-5677 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in AXIS OS, published on 5 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Brandon
Rothel from QED Secure Solutions and Sam Hanson of Dragos have found that the VAPIX API tcptest.cgi
did not have a sufficient input validation allowing for a possible remote code
execution. 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-privileges compared to
administrator-privileges service accounts. Please refer to the Axis security advisory
for more information and solution.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code), CWE-78 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5677?

It affects 11 products.


Products: Axis M3024-Lve Firmware, Axis M3025-Ve Firmware, Axis M7014 Firmware, Axis M7016 Firmware, Axis P1214-E Firmware, Axis P7214 Firmware, Axis P7216 Firmware, Axis Q7401 Firmware, Axis Q7404 Firmware, Axis Q7414 Firmware, Axis Q7424-R Mk Ii Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-5677?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5677 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-5677 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5677 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-5677 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-5677 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in AXIS OS, published on 5 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5677 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: AXIS OS. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5677/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5677/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5677
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5677
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5677

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5677/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.