importantSYS.SOURCE: The Hacker News• 2026-07-01T19:26:18+05:30

Active Exploitation Attempts Target Progress Kemp LoadMaster Pre-Auth RCE Vulnerability

#rce #command injection #network security #progress loadmaster

A critical OS command injection flaw (CVE-2026-8037) in Progress Kemp LoadMaster is currently seeing active exploitation attempts, targeting unauthenticated attackers. This vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the LoadMaster appliance by exploiting unsanitized input.

A recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting Progress Kemp LoadMaster is seeing active exploitation attempts, according to an advisory from eSentire's Threat Response Unit (TRU).

The Canadian cybersecurity company said it identified exploitation attempts targeting CVE-2026-8037 (CVSS score: 9.6), an operating system (OS) command injection flaw that could be exploited to achieve

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