CVE-2024-1212: Progress Kemp LoadMaster OS Command Injection Vulnerability

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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Name: Progress Kemp LoadMaster OS Command Injection Vulnerability
Vendor: Progress
Product: Kemp LoadMaster
Added to the catalog: 2024-11-18
Due date for US federal agencies: 2024-12-09
Weaknesses: CWE-78
Catalog version: 2026.10.30

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.

Required action (CISA)

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Ransomware use: CISA does not mark known use of this vulnerability in ransomware campaigns.

Links in CISA's notes

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NVD analysis

Status: Analyzed
Published: 2024-02-21T18:15:50.417
Last modified: 2026-07-13T19:49:31.120
Weaknesses: CWE-78

Unauthenticated remote attackers can access the system through the LoadMaster management interface, enabling arbitrary system command execution.

Metric	Score	Severity	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	10	CRITICAL	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H	[email protected] (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1	9.8	CRITICAL	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	[email protected] (Primary)

References

https://freeloadbalancer.com/ (Product)
https://kemptechnologies.com/ (Product)
https://support.kemptechnologies.com/hc/en-us/articles/23878931058445-LoadMaster-Security-Vulnerability-CVE-2024-1212 (Not Applicable)
https://support.kemptechnologies.com/hc/en-us/articles/24325072850573-Release-Notice-LMOS-7-2-59-2-7-2-54-8-7-2-48-10-CVE-2024-1212 (Release Notes)
https://freeloadbalancer.com/ (Product)
https://kemptechnologies.com/ (Product)
https://support.kemptechnologies.com/hc/en-us/articles/23878931058445-LoadMaster-Security-Vulnerability-CVE-2024-1212 (Not Applicable)
https://support.kemptechnologies.com/hc/en-us/articles/24325072850573-Release-Notice-LMOS-7-2-59-2-7-2-54-8-7-2-48-10-CVE-2024-1212 (Release Notes)
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-1212 (US Government Resource)

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CVE record

Title (CNA): LoadMaster Pre-Authenticated OS Command Injection
Assigner: ProgressSoftware
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2024-02-21T17:39:12.599Z
Updated: 2025-10-21T23:05:23.864Z
Problem types: CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Unauthenticated remote attackers can access the system through the LoadMaster management interface, enabling arbitrary system command execution.

References

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Detection rules (SigmaHQ)

SigmaHQ rules whose own tags name this CVE. Each rule page shows the rule as its author published it.

CVE-2024-1212 Exploitation - Progress Kemp LoadMaster Unauthenticated Command Injection (status test, level high)

Defensive techniques (MITRE D3FEND)

D3FEND maps these defensive techniques to the weakness (CWE) that NVD lists for this CVE, through the digital artifacts the weakness affects. D3FEND does not say they stop this vulnerability.

CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Model: Asset Vulnerability Enumeration (acts on Software)
Harden: Software Update (acts on Software)
Restore: Restore Software (acts on Software)
Harden: Domain Logic Validation (acts on Subroutine)
Harden: Variable Initialization (acts on Subroutine)
Harden: Credential Scrubbing (acts on Subroutine)
Harden: Trusted Library (acts on Subroutine)
Isolate: Application-based Process Isolation (acts on Subroutine)
Model: Software Inventory (acts on Software)

D3FEND ontology version 1.6.0.

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SigmaHQ
"CVE-2024-1212 Exploitation - Progress Kemp LoadMaster Unauthenticated Command Injection" by Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-emerging-threats/2024/Exploits/CVE-2024-1212/web_exploit_cve_2024_1212_.yml.
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Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "CVE-2024-1212: Progress Kemp LoadMaster OS Command Injection Vulnerability",
entity page, dataset version ref-8117e01f4dc1, updated 2026-11-02T23:39:54.475Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/cve/CVE-2024-1212 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, version 2026.10.30.
Underlying source: National Vulnerability Database (NIST), CVE API 2.0, record last modified 2026-07-13T19:49:31.120.
Underlying source: CVE List (CVE Program, The MITRE Corporation), record updated 2025-10-21T23:05:23.864Z.
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule eafb8bd5-7605-4bfe-a9ec-0442bc151f15, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.
Underlying source: MITRE D3FEND, ontology version 1.6.0.

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