CVE record · CVE-2023-21404

Hard-coded cryptographic key in Axis Communications AB AXIS OS

CVSS 4.1 MediumEPSS 0.0028 · 20th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Axis) at 8 May 2023, 00:00 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Axis Communications AB	AXIS OS	affected AXIS OS 11.0.X - 11.3.x Other versions: unaffected

Identifiers: CVE-2023-21404
CNA: Axis
Weakness (CWE): CWE-321
Tags: Axis Communications AB AXIS OS
Hard-coded credentials
Published: 8 May 2023
Updated: 29 Jan 2025

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
4.1	Medium	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N	ADP (CISA-ADP)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0028, the 20th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 8 May 2023. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

www.axis.com/dam/public/07/0a/20/cve-2023-21404-en-US-398426.pdf

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