CVE-2024-47259 Command injection in AXIS OS

What is CVE-2024-47259?

CVE-2024-47259 is a low-severity command injection vulnerability in AXIS OS, published on 4 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Girishunawane, member of the AXIS OS Bug Bounty Program, has found that the VAPIX API dynamicoverlay.cgi did not have a sufficient input validation allowing for a possible command injection leading to being able to transfer files to the Axis device with the purpose to exhaust system resources. Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.

Weakness: CWE-434

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-47259?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Axis Axis Os, Axis Axis Os 2024.

How do I fix CVE-2024-47259?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-47259 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2024-47259 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-47259 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in AXIS OS

• CVE-2025-0324 Privilege escalation in AXIS OS Critical 9.4
• CVE-2023-21413 Remote code execution vulnerability during the installation of ACAP applications on the Axis device Critical 9.1
• CVE-2025-0358 Privilege escalation in AXIS OS High 8.8
• CVE-2021-31988 Other in AXIS OS High 8.8
• CVE-2025-0359 Missing authorization in AXIS OS High 8.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-rpcv-m27r-58fw.