CVE-2024-1212 — Progress Kemp LoadMaster OS Command Injection Vulnerability
Overview
Progress Kemp LoadMaster contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access the system through the LoadMaster management interface, enabling arbitrary system command execution.
Vulnerability details
- CVE ID
- CVE-2024-1212
- Vulnerability
- Progress Kemp LoadMaster OS Command Injection Vulnerability
- Vendor
- Progress
- Affected products
- Progress: Kemp LoadMaster
- Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitation status
- Actively exploited in the wild (CISA KEV)
- Published
- 2024-11-18
Remediation guidance
CVE-2024-1212 is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog — U.S. federal civilian agencies are required to remediate it under Binding Operational Directive 22-01. Treat it as a priority for every environment.
Apply the vendor's official security update for Progress the affected product as soon as possible. Where a patch is unavailable, apply vendor mitigations or isolate/segment exposed systems.
Hunt for indicators of compromise tied to this vulnerability and confirm logging/EDR coverage on affected assets.
Authoritative references
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