Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-7591

CriticalRCE

Published: 05 September 2024

Published
05 September 2024
Modified
18 February 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 10.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.3453 97.1th percentile
Risk Priority 41 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-7591 is a critical-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Kemptechnologies Loadmaster. Its CVSS base score is 10.0 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 2.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis

CVE-2024-7591 is an improper input validation flaw that permits OS command injection in Progress LoadMaster. The vulnerability affects LoadMaster versions 7.2.40.0 and later, all versions of ECS, and Multi-Tenancy versions 7.1.35.4 and later, and carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 10.0 under CWE-78.

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit the issue remotely over the network without user interaction to inject and execute arbitrary operating-system commands. Successful exploitation grants full control over the affected appliance, resulting in complete loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with scope change.

Vendor and researcher advisories at the Kemp Technologies support portal and the Insinuator disclosure detail the issue and recommended remediation steps. The EPSS score has reached 0.3453 with no subsequent decline, indicating sustained exploitation interest since publication.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Progress LoadMaster allows OS Command Injection.This issue affects: * LoadMaster: 7.2.40.0 and above * ECS: All versions * Multi-Tenancy: 7.1.35.4 and above

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

kemptechnologies
loadmaster
7.2.40.0 — 7.2.60.0
kemptechnologies
multi-tenant hypervisor firmware
7.1.35.4 — 7.1.35.11

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-78

Platform-independent apps typically execute inside a managed runtime or sandbox that restricts direct OS command execution, reducing the ability to exploit OS command injection.

addresses: CWE-78

Validates inputs to block special elements that would alter OS command execution.

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