critical Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2024-8956PTZOptics cameras — settings script answers without a check

The affected PTZOptics camera firmware (PT30X-SDI, PT30X-NDI) before 6.3.40 answers its settings script when a request arrives with no authorisation header at all, handing an attacker the camera's configuration.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Update the camera firmware to 6.3.40 or later now; chained with a second flaw it reaches code execution, so patch both and change credentials.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
9.1/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
61%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2024-09-17
Added to KEV
2024-11-04
Exploit published
Yes
Confidence
high
Kill chain
initial access
MITRE ATT&CK
T1190
Severity
critical

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

Attacker needsNetwork access to the camera; no credentials needed.

Fixed inPTZOptics firmware 6.3.40

Behind the card

5 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_addedcisa.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2024-8956 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-09-24