FLIR AX8 Thermal Camera 1.32.16 hard-coded credentials

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in FLIR AX8 Thermal Camera 1.32.16. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to hard-coded credentials. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-25138. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in FLIR AX8 Thermal Camera 1.32.16. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-798. The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

FLIR AX8 Thermal Camera 1.32.16 contains hard-coded SSH and web panel credentials that cannot be changed through normal camera operations. Attackers can exploit these persistent credentials to gain unauthorized shell access and login to multiple camera interfaces using predefined username and password combinations.

The weakness was shared by Gjoko Krstic as 45629. It is possible to read the advisory at exploit-db.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-25138 since 12/24/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1110.001 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (45629) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-205347). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• FLIR

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• AX8 Thermal Camera

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• 1.32.16

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