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CVE-2024-3544· NVD / CVE Program· CNA ProgressSoftware

LoadMaster Hardcoded SSH Key

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 30/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.37% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone on the same network segment can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
  • Fixed version: Progress Software Corporation LoadMaster 7.2.48.12, 7.2.54.10, 7.2.59.4.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Progress Software Corporation LoadMaster 7.2.48.12, 7.2.54.10, 7.2.59.4 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Unauthenticated attackers can perform actions, using SSH private keys, by knowing the IP address and having access to the same network of one of the machines in the HA or Cluster group. This vulnerability has been closed by enhancing LoadMaster partner communications to require a shared secret that must be exchanged between the partners before communication can proceed.

HighCVSS 7.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
May 2, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 30th percentile

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Action score

30

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
7.5
CNA · ProgressSoftware
7.5
agree

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
progressloadmaster

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • progress loadmasterbefore 7.2.48.11
  • progress loadmaster7.2.49.0 and later · before 7.2.54.10
  • progress loadmaster7.2.55.0 and later · before 7.2.59.4

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (ProgressSoftware). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Progress Software Corporation LoadMaster

    • LoadMaster 7.2.55.0 (GA) and later · before 7.2.59.4affected · semver
    • LoadMaster 7.2.49.0 (LTSF) and later · before 7.2.54.10affected · semver
    • LoadMaster 7.2.48.11 (LTS) and later · before 7.2.48.12affected · semver

Same product

progress: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2024-1212LoadMaster Pre-Authenticated OS Command InjectionKEV
    98Now
  • CVE-2024-2448LoadMaster Command Injection Vulnerability
    52Plan
  • CVE-2024-8755Improper Input Validation vulnerability of Authenticated User in Progress LoadMaster allows : OS Command Injection.
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2014-5287A Bash script injection vulnerability exists in Kemp Load Master 7.1-16 and earlier due to a failure to sanitize input in the Web User Inter
    37Monitor
  • CVE-2024-2449LoadMaster Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2024-3543LoadMaster Reversible Password Encryption Algorithm
    30Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Progress Software Corporation LoadMaster7.2.48.12Vendor (CNA)
Progress Software Corporation LoadMaster7.2.54.10Vendor (CNA)
Progress Software Corporation LoadMaster7.2.59.4Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone on the same network segment can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Adjacent
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-798 · Use of Hard-coded Credentials

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

For convenience in support or manufacturing, an account that is identical on every device is embedded in the software. Credentials learned from one device work on all of them.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-798 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
const SUPPORT_USER = "support";const SUPPORT_PASS = "hardcoded-password";

Fixed

ts
const creds = await provisioning.deviceCredentials(deviceId);if (creds.mustRotate) await forcePasswordChange(deviceId);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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