CVE-2024-57726
Actively exploited. CVE-2024-57726 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2026-04-24) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
SimpleHelp contains a missing authorization vulnerability that could allow low-privileged technicians to create API keys with excessive permissions. These API keys can be used to escalate privileges to the server admin role.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- The vulnerability allows low-privileged technicians to create API keys with excessive permissions, leading to privilege escalation.
- Who is affected
- Users of SimpleHelp are affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent due to the critical nature of the vulnerability and its exploitation status.
- Action
- Update to the patched version as soon as it is available.
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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 95% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2024-57726: SimpleHelp Missing Authorization Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2026-04-24
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