# CVE-2023-21414: NCC Group has found a flaw during the annual internal penetration test ordered by Axis Communications.

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-10-16 · Updated: 2024-11-08

## Affected

- Axis Communications AB AXIS OS: AXIS OS 10.11 - 11.5
- Axis Communications AB AXIS A8207-VE Mk II: version range not reported
- Axis Communications AB AXIS Q3527-LVE: AXIS OS 10.11 - 11.5

## Description

NCC Group has found a flaw during the annual internal penetration test ordered by Axis Communications. The protection for device tampering (commonly known as Secure Boot) contains a flaw which provides an opportunity for a sophisticated attack to bypass this protection. Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Axis Communications AB AXIS OS, Axis Communications AB AXIS A8207-VE Mk II, Axis Communications AB AXIS Q3527-LVE, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://www.axis.com/dam/public/45/3c/a1/cve-2023-21414pdf-en-US-412758.pdf

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