Axis Communications AB AXIS OS up to 12.11.83/13.0.41 VAPIX Edge Storage API privileges management

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Axis Communications AB AXIS OS up to 12.11.83/13.0.41. It has been classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the component VAPIX Edge Storage API. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-14543. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Axis Communications AB AXIS OS up to 12.11.83/13.0.41 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component VAPIX Edge Storage API. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The VAPIX Edge storage API, enabling the escalation of user privileges by circumventing filesystem isolation, granting unauthorized access to protected system resources. This flaw can only be exploited after authenticating with an admin-privileged service account.

It is possible to read the advisory at axis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-14543 since 07/03/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 12.11.84 or 13.0.42 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-120772). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Vendor

• Axis Communications AB

Name

• AXIS OS

Version

• 12.11.0
• 12.11.1
• 12.11.2
• 12.11.3
• 12.11.4
• 12.11.5
• 12.11.6
• 12.11.7
• 12.11.8
• 12.11.9
• 12.11.10
• 12.11.11
• 12.11.12
• 12.11.13
• 12.11.14
• 12.11.15
• 12.11.16
• 12.11.17
• 12.11.18
• 12.11.19
• 12.11.20
• 12.11.21
• 12.11.22
• 12.11.23
• 12.11.24
• 12.11.25
• 12.11.26
• 12.11.27
• 12.11.28
• 12.11.29
• 12.11.30
• 12.11.31
• 12.11.32
• 12.11.33
• 12.11.34
• 12.11.35
• 12.11.36
• 12.11.37
• 12.11.38
• 12.11.39
• 12.11.40
• 12.11.41
• 12.11.42
• 12.11.43
• 12.11.44
• 12.11.45
• 12.11.46
• 12.11.47
• 12.11.48
• 12.11.49
• 12.11.50
• 12.11.51
• 12.11.52
• 12.11.53
• 12.11.54
• 12.11.55
• 12.11.56
• 12.11.57
• 12.11.58
• 12.11.59
• 12.11.60
• 12.11.61
• 12.11.62
• 12.11.63
• 12.11.64
• 12.11.65
• 12.11.66
• 12.11.67
• 12.11.68
• 12.11.69
• 12.11.70
• 12.11.71
• 12.11.72
• 12.11.73
• 12.11.74
• 12.11.75
• 12.11.76
• 12.11.77
• 12.11.78
• 12.11.79
• 12.11.80
• 12.11.81
• 12.11.82
• 12.11.83
• 13.0.0
• 13.0.1
• 13.0.2
• 13.0.3
• 13.0.4
• 13.0.5
• 13.0.6
• 13.0.7
• 13.0.8
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• 13.0.21
• 13.0.22
• 13.0.23
• 13.0.24
• 13.0.25
• 13.0.26
• 13.0.27
• 13.0.28
• 13.0.29
• 13.0.30
• 13.0.31
• 13.0.32
• 13.0.33
• 13.0.34
• 13.0.35
• 13.0.36
• 13.0.37
• 13.0.38
• 13.0.39
• 13.0.40
• 13.0.41

License

• free

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