A1001 FirmwareOperating system · Axis

CVE-2023-21405

MEDIUM · 6.5 CVSS v3.1 Developing Published 2023-07-25
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 11.6.16.0 or later.
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70/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Knud from Fraktal.fi has found a flaw in some Axis Network Door Controllers and Axis Network Intercoms when communicating over OSDP, highlighting that the OSDP message parser crashes the pacsiod process, causing a temporary unavailability of the door-controlling functionalities meaning that doors cannot be opened or closed. No sensitive or customer data can be extracted as the Axis device is not further compromised. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information, mitigation and affected products and software versions.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · low confidence
Developing — this CVE was published recently and its authoritative NVD entry is still being established, so we're holding a technical summary until the source data settles rather than publish something unreliable. Re-checking after 2026-08-01.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
A1001 FirmwareOperating system
Affected:<= 1.65.4
A1210 \( B\) FirmwareOperating system
Affected:>= 11.0, <= 11.6.16.0
A1601 FirmwareOperating system
Affected:<= 1.84.4>= 10.0, <= 10.12.171.0>= 11.0, <= 11.6.16.0
A1610 \( B\) FirmwareOperating system
Affected:<= 10.12.171.0>= 11.0, <= 11.6.16.0
Axis OsOperating system
Affected:<= 10.12.178>= 11.0, <= 11.5.53

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 11.6.16.0
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