CVE-2024-1212
CVE-2024-1212 is a security flaw in Progress Kemp LoadMaster. Attackers can run commands on Progress Kemp LoadMaster from anywhere, without logging in. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added it to its catalog of flaws known to be used in attacks on 18 Nov 2024.[1]
Progress Kemp LoadMaster is business software or equipment. Most families won’t have it, but attackers break into it to get inside companies, and from there to what those companies hold about their customers, patients and staff. Fixed in version 7.2.48.10, 7.2.54.8 and 7.2.59.2.
Description
CISA calls it an OS command injection in Progress Kemp LoadMaster. In its words: “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.”[1]
The underlying weakness is OS command injection (CWE-78), in MITRE’s list of common software weaknesses.[2]
It scores 9.8 out of 10 on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System, which rates it critical, scored by NVD using CVSS 3.1.[2]
Affected versions
NVD’s record lists these fixed versions: in each line, everything before the version shown is affected.[2]
| Product | Fixed in |
|---|---|
| LoadMaster | 7.2.48.10 |
| LoadMaster | 7.2.54.8 |
| LoadMaster | 7.2.59.2 |
| loadmaster | 7.2.48.10 |
| loadmaster | 7.2.54.8 |
| loadmaster | 7.2.59.2 |
Most families won’t have Progress Kemp LoadMaster; it’s for whoever looks after IT at work.
Exploitation
CISA added it to its catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities on 18 Nov 2024, 271 days after it was made public. CISA lists a flaw only when it has reliable evidence of it being exploited, and gave US federal agencies until 9 Dec 2024 to fix it.[1]
FIRST’s Exploit Prediction Scoring System, which estimates how likely a flaw is to be used in attacks in the next 30 days from what it sees across the internet, puts it at 95%. That’s in the top 1% of the flaws it scores.[4]
CISA assesses it as automatable: attackers can run it against many targets at once.
CISA doesn’t say who was attacked, or how.
Fix
Progress has published a fix or advice.[3] CISA’s required action: “Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.”[1]
- Check whether you use it.Progress Kemp LoadMaster is business software or equipment, so most families won’t have it. If you run a business, or work from home on company equipment, ask whoever looks after your IT.
- Send this page to your IT person.Ask them to confirm it’s fixed (fixed in version 7.2.48.10, 7.2.54.8 and 7.2.59.2), or not in use. CISA gave US government agencies until 9 Dec 2024 to fix it.
- If it can’t be fixed, take it offline.CISA’s advice when there’s no fix is to stop using the product, or take it off the internet, until there is one.
You can’t fix someone else’s server, but you can watch for what follows a break-in like this: a breach notice, a password reset you didn’t ask for, or a scam message that knows things it shouldn’t. HARD watches for those for you and your family.
Timeline
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| The flaw is made public in the National Vulnerability Database, with a severity score of 9.8.[2] | |
| CISA adds it to its catalog of flaws known to be used in attacks.[1] | |
| CISA’s deadline for US government agencies to fix it.[1] | |
| FIRST puts the odds of it being used in attacks in the next 30 days at 95%.[4] |
See also
Other Progress flaws
- CVE-2026-8037, Progress LoadMaster: command injection ·
- CVE-2024-4885, Progress WhatsUp Gold: path traversal ·
- CVE-2024-6670, Progress WhatsUp Gold: SQL injection ·
- CVE-2024-4358, Progress Telerik Report Server: authentication bypass by spoofing ·
- CVE-2023-40044, Progress WS_FTP Server: deserialization of untrusted data ·
Other OS command injection flaws
- CVE-2026-110447, Collabora Online – Built-in CODE Server: online – built-in CODE server OS command injection ·
- CVE-2026-106931, EG Secure Solutions SiteGuard Server Edition: OS command injection ·
- CVE-2026-83549, SonicWall SMA1000 Appliances: OS command injection ·
- CVE-2026-49869, Kestra OSS: OSS OS command injection ·
- CVE-2026-73570, Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS): OS command injection ·
Added the same day
- CVE-2024-9474, Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS: management interface OS command injection ·
- CVE-2024-0012, Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS: management interface authentication bypass ·
Every Progress flaw on CISA’s list · Everything added in November 2024
References
- ^ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. “Progress Kemp LoadMaster OS Command Injection Vulnerability”. Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, added 18 Nov 2024.
- ^ National Institute of Standards and Technology. “CVE-2024-1212 Detail”. National Vulnerability Database, published 21 Feb 2024.
- ^ Progress. Advisories and fixes: community.progress.com, support.kemptechnologies.com.
- ^ FIRST. “Exploit Prediction Scoring System”. EPSS 0.954, percentile 99.9, 31 Oct 2026.
- CVE Program. “CVE-2024-1212”. The official CVE record.
This article is built from CISA’s catalog (version 2026.10.30), NVD’s record and FIRST’s scores, kept in HARD’s database and checked every morning. The plain English is HARD’s.