Affects widely-used Progress Kemp LoadMaster; unauthenticated RCE; high risk across environments.
CVE-2024-1212
Unauthenticated remote command execution via LoadMaster interface.
Is CVE-2024-1212 being exploited?
Yes. CVE-2024-1212 appears in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed and reported. Treat it as active rather than theoretical, and patch it ahead of higher-scoring vulnerabilities that carry no exploitation evidence.
How severe is CVE-2024-1212?
CVE-2024-1212 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2024-1212?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2024-1212. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2024-1212 affect?
CVE-2024-1212 affects Progress Kemp LoadMaster. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2024-1212?
Apply vendor mitigations or upgrade to fixed version.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary OS commands through the LoadMaster management interface.
Immediate action required
- affected>= 7.2.48.1 and < 7.2.48.10
- affected>= 7.2.54.0 and < 7.2.54.8
- affected>= 7.2.55.0 and < 7.2.59.2
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.