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CVE-2024-8956: PTZOptics NDI and SDI Cameras /cgi-bin/param.cgi Insufficient Authentication

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Now (action score 84/100)

CISA has confirmed exploitation in the wild (Nov 4, 2024). Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Nov 25, 2024.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 58.7% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 99.1% of all records.
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
Fixed version: PTZOptics PT30X-NDI 6.3.40; PTZOptics PT30X-SDI 6.3.40.

Patch today or shut off access. Upgrade to PTZOptics PT30X-NDI 6.3.40; PTZOptics PT30X-SDI 6.3.40 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS

PTZOptics PT30X-SDI/NDI-xx before firmware 6.3.40 is vulnerable to an insufficient authentication issue. The camera does not properly enforce authentication to /cgi-bin/param.cgi when requests are sent without an HTTP Authorization header. The result is a remote and unauthenticated attacker can leak sensitive data such as usernames, password hashes, and configurations details. Additionally, the attacker can update individual configuration values or overwrite the whole file.

CriticalCVSS 9.1 · v3.1KEVWeaponized Fix available

BDU:2024-08975

Published: Sep 17, 2024
Updated: Jun 17, 2026
EPSS: 58.7% · 99th percentile
CWE: CWE-306

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Action score

Now

Patch today or shut off access.

CVSS: 36 / 40 · 9.1 / 10
CISA KEV: 30 / 30 · Listed
EPSS: 18 / 30 · 58.7%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: active
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD: 9.1
CNA · VulnCheck: 9.1; agree

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

Actively exploited in the wild

CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Nov 4, 2024. That signals real attacks, not theory.

Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Nov 25, 2024.

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Affected systems

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Vendor	Product	CPE
ptzoptics	pt30x-sdi firmware	cpe:2.3:o:ptzoptics:pt30x-sdi_firmware
ptzoptics	pt30x-sdi	cpe:2.3:h:ptzoptics:pt30x-sdi
ptzoptics	pt30x-ndi-xx-g2 firmware	cpe:2.3:o:ptzoptics:pt30x-ndi-xx-g2_firmware
ptzoptics	pt30x-ndi-xx-g2	cpe:2.3:h:ptzoptics:pt30x-ndi-xx-g2

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

ptzoptics pt30x-ndi-xx-g2 firmwarebefore 6.3.40
ptzoptics pt30x-sdi firmwarebefore 6.3.40

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (VulnCheck). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

PTZOptics PT30X-NDI
- before 6.3.40affected · semver
PTZOptics PT30X-SDI
- before 6.3.40affected · semver

Same product

ptzoptics: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2024-8957PTZOptics NDI and SDI Cameras Command Injection via NTP Address ConfigurationKEV
82Now

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / package	Fixed version	Source
PTZOptics PT30X-NDI	6.3.40	Vendor (CNA)
PTZOptics PT30X-SDI	6.3.40	Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

PublishedSep 17, 2024
CISA KEVNov 4, 2024+47 d
TodayOct 28, 2026+771 d

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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Konstantin LazarevGreyNoisefinder

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

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Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

CVE-2024-89570 days apartPTZOptics NDI and SDI Cameras Command Injection via NTP Address ConfigurationKEV
82Now

Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
No account or password is required.
No user action is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: high · data can be read
Integrity: high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: none

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: High
Integrity impact: High
Availability impact: None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-306 · Missing Authentication for Critical Function

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Root cause

A function added for development or support ships to production without authentication. It often relies on the assumption that it is “only reachable from the internal network.”

The bug in code

The whole CWE-306 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1// Added for the support team
2app.post("/maintenance/reset", resetDevice);

Fixed

1if (config.maintenanceEnabled) {
2  app.post(
3    "/maintenance/reset",
4    requireSession, requireRole("admin"), resetDevice
5  );
6}

Attack context

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Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

Fix✗ → ✓Sep 28, 2026, 10:09 PM UTC

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References

ptzoptics.com/firmware-changelog/

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