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Security incident · CVE-2025-6298

ACAP applications can gain elevated privileges due to improper input validation, potentially leading to privilege escalation.

Published Nov 11, 2025 · catalog updated Feb 26, 2026 · Axis Communications AB AXIS OS

Last checked Oct 27, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-6298. EPSS is 0.15%. Act only if a listed version of Axis Communications AB AXIS OS is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Medium6.7
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.15%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Axis Communications AB AXIS OS 12.0.0 <12.6.28

ACAP applications can gain elevated privileges due to improper input validation, potentially leading to privilege escalation. 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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Axis Communications AB AXIS OS 12.0.0 <12.6.2812.0.0 <12.6.28

How to fix CVE-2025-6298

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-6298. EPSS is 0.15%. Act only if a listed version of Axis Communications AB AXIS OS is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Axis Communications AB AXIS OS 12.0.0 <12.6.28 12.0.0 <12.6.28. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.15%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 11, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    ACAP applications can gain elevated privileges due to improper input validation, potentially leading to privilege escalation. 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.

  2. Feb 26, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    ACAP applications can gain elevated privileges due to improper input validation, potentially leading to privilege escalation. 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.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-6298

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-6298

    30-day exploitation probability 0.15%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-74043

    ACAP applications can gain elevated privileges due to improper input validation, potentially leading to privilege escalation. This vulnerability can only be exploited if the Axis device is configured to allow the installation of unsigned ACAP applications, and if an attacker conv

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 27, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 27, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 24, 2026
  • EUVDOct 24, 2026