CVE-2024-8956

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2024-11-04. Federal remediation due 2024-11-25.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

61.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2024-09-17 19:59Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-11-22 12:09Z9 MO AGO

Reserved

2024-09-17

Assigning CNA

VulnCheck

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.1)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-306Missing Authentication for Critical FunctionBase
• CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass

Data version

5.2

Document digest

89dafc85f45173f1053b0c31666bbb3faa62591aabd1a84b30ec8555a9003da9

• ptzoptics.comhttps://ptzoptics.com/firmware-changelog/vendor-advisory
• vulncheck.comhttps://vulncheck.com/advisories/ptzoptics-insufficient-auththird-party-advisory
• www.labs.greynoise.iohttps://www.labs.greynoise.io/grimoire/2024-10-31-sift-0-day-rce/technical-descriptionthird-party-advisoryexploit
• www.greynoise.iohttps://www.greynoise.io/blog/greynoise-intelligence-discovers-zero-day-vulnerabilities-in-live-streaming-cameras-with-the-help-of-aithird-party-advisory
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-8956government-resource