CPSC Urges Consumers to Immediately Stop Using and Disable Biometric Feature on Owsoo and Cacagoo Biometric Gun Safes Due to Serious Injury Hazard and Risk of Death
CPSC warning 24-333. Announced by CPSC on Aug 1, 2024.
- CPSC warning, not a recall
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Aug 1, 2024. Copied from CPSC on Oct 25, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- About 7,600 units, as CPSC gives them
- Not said injuries, in the notice
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
CPSC issued this as a product safety warning, not a recall.
In CPSC’s words: “Foreign sellers of the safes contacted by CPSC have not been responsive to requests for a recall.”
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Hearth Record wrote the first line; the words quoted are CPSC’s.
CPSC evaluated these safes and found that the biometric programming feature can fail and open to any fingerprint without consumer awareness, allowing the safe contents, including firearms, to be accessed by unauthorized users, including children.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
CPSC urges consumers who own affected Owsoo or Cacagoo safes to remove the batteries that power the biometric feature, disable the biometric feature by puncturing the biometric reader, and only use the keys to lock and access contents from the safe.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Which ones does it cover?
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers about the risk of serious injury or death posed by Owsoo or Cacagoo branded biometric gun safes sold on Amazon.com and Walmart.com.CPSC evaluated these safes and found that the biometric programming feature can fail and open to any fingerprint without consumer awareness, allowing the safe contents, including firearms, to be accessed by unauthorized users, including children. The agency is aware of six reports of the safes being accessed with unauthorized fingerprints.CPSC urges consumers who own affected Owsoo or Cacagoo safes to: Remove the batteries that power the biometric feature; Disable the biometric feature by puncturing the biometric reader; and Only use the keys to lock and access contents from the safe. About 7,600 Owsoo or Cacagoo branded biometric gun safes were sold between at least September 2021 through July 2024 by various sellers based in China, on Amazon.com and on Walmart.com for between $40 and $70. The safes’ listings included either the name “Owsoo” or the name “Cacagoo.” All safes feature a logo that says “Cacagoo” on the top of the lid of the safe.Foreign sellers of the safes contacted by CPSC have not been responsive to requests for a recall. CPSC urges consumers not to buy or resell the affected biometric safes. Report any incidents with these biometric gun safes to CPSC at www.SaferProducts.gov. Individual Commissioners may have statements related to this topic. Please visit www.cpsc.gov/commissioners to search for statements related to this or other topics.
About 7,600 units, as CPSC gives them.
Owsoo or Cacagoo branded biometric gun safes.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Who made and sold it?
- The notice names no firm.
- About 7,600 Owsoo or Cacagoo branded biometric gun safes were sold between at least September 2021 through July 2024 by various sellers based in China, on Amazon.com and on Walmart.com for between $40 and $70.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
The agency is aware of six reports of the safes being accessed with unauthorized fingerprints.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
- The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Product safety warnings.
Released Oct 19, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 25, 2026.