CVE-2024-55956: Cleo Multiple Products Unauthenticated File Upload Vulnerability
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Cleo Harmony, VLTrader, and LexiCom, which are managed file transfer products, contain an unrestricted file upload vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated user to import and execute arbitrary bash or PowerShell commands on the host system by leveraging the default settings of the Autorun directory.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- The vulnerability allows an unauthenticated user to import and execute arbitrary bash or PowerShell commands on the host system.
- Who is affected
- Users of Cleo Harmony, VLTrader, and LexiCom products are affected.
- Urgency
- Immediate remediation is necessary as the vulnerability is actively exploited and classified as critical.
- Action
- Apply the latest security patches provided by Cleo.
AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.
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Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-55956
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2024-55956Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 100% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2024-55956 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
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