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CVE-2024-6047 GeoVision CVE debrief
CVE-2024-6047 affects GeoVision multiple devices and is described as an OS command injection vulnerability. CISA added the vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 2025-05-07, which makes it a high-priority remediation item for any environment that uses the affected GeoVision products. The KEV record sets a remediation due date of 2025-05-28 and directs organizations to apply vendor mitigations, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- Vendor
- GeoVision
- Product
- Multiple Devices
- CVSS
- CRITICAL 9.8
- CISA KEV
- Listed
- Original CVE published
- 2025-05-07
- Original CVE updated
- 2025-05-07
- Advisory published
- 2025-05-07
- Advisory updated
- 2025-05-07
Who should care
Security teams, IT administrators, and asset owners responsible for GeoVision devices should prioritize this CVE immediately. It is especially important for organizations that manage internet-facing or operationally important GeoVision deployments, as CISA has already placed the issue in the KEV catalog.
Technical summary
The available public record identifies the flaw as an OS command injection vulnerability in GeoVision devices. Command injection flaws can allow attacker-supplied input to be interpreted as operating system commands if not properly validated or constrained. The supplied source corpus does not include affected model numbers, version ranges, attack preconditions, or impact details, so remediation should be driven by the KEV entry and the vendor’s guidance rather than assumptions about scope.
Defensive priority
Urgent. CISA KEV inclusion indicates this issue should be remediated as soon as possible, with the KEV due date of 2025-05-28 used as the outside deadline. If mitigations are not available, CISA’s guidance is to discontinue use of the product.
Recommended defensive actions
- Inventory all GeoVision devices and identify any exposed or business-critical deployments.
- Review the vendor’s security advisory and apply any mitigations or updates it provides.
- If mitigations are unavailable, plan to discontinue use of the affected product per CISA guidance.
- Restrict network exposure to GeoVision devices until remediation is complete, especially for internet-facing systems.
- Validate remediation status before the KEV due date of 2025-05-28 and document exceptions.
Evidence notes
This debrief is based on the supplied CISA KEV source item, which names the issue as 'GeoVision Devices OS Command Injection Vulnerability' and marks it as a known exploited vulnerability. The KEV metadata supplies the date added (2025-05-07), due date (2025-05-28), and required action language. Official record links provided in the corpus include the CVE record and NVD entry.
Sources and references
Verified primary and authoritative sources
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CVE-2024-6047 CVE Program record
Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified
URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6047
CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.
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CVE-2024-6047 NVD vulnerability detail
Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified
URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6047
NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.
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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified
URL: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency - Official CISA catalog of vulnerabilities known to be exploited in the wild.
Supplemental references
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Source item URL
Unverified legacy reference
URL: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json
cisa_kev
Methodology and review provenance
AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.