# CVE-2025-6298: ACAP applications can gain elevated privileges due to improper input validation, potentially leading to privilege…

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-6298-acap-applications-can-gain-elevated-privileges-due-to-improper  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-11-11  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-6298 · Severity: medium · CVSS 6.7 · Published 2025-11-11

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.

Technologies: [Axis Os](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/axis-os). Vendors: [Axis](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/axis).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-6298 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-6298 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-6298?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.7, published 11 November 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Axis Os. The advisory does not name versions.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-6298?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-6298?** Check whether you run Axis Os. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Affected products

- Axis Os

## Related threats

- [Axis AXIS OS privilege escalation via configuration file](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-1185-axis-axis-os-privilege-escalation-via-configuration-file)
- [Axis AXIS OS path traversal in ACAP configuration](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-0804-axis-axis-os-path-traversal-in-acap-configuration)
- [Axis AXIS OS command injection in ACAP configuration file](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-0802-axis-axis-os-command-injection-in-acap-configuration-file)
- [Axis AXIS OS privilege escalation in ACAP installation](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-0541-axis-axis-os-privilege-escalation-in-acap-installation)
- [A malicious ACAP application can gain access to admin-level service account credentials used by legitimate ACAP…](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-5452-a-malicious-acap-application-can-gain-access-to-admin-level)