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

> Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary system commands via the Flowmon management interface, requiring an upgrade to secure the network monitoring device.

- **Severity:** Critical 10.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 16 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9p5w-7f45-v3jm

## What is CVE-2024-2389?

CVE-2024-2389 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Progress Software Flowmon, published on 2 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-78 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2389?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Progress Flowmon.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-2389?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2389 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-2389 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-2389 exists.

Public exploit code:

- https://github.com/adhikara13/CVE-2024-2389 (github_poc): https://github.com/adhikara13/CVE-2024-2389
- Progress Flowmon Local sudo privilege escalation (metasploit)
- Flowmon Unauthenticated Command Injection (metasploit)
- Progress Kemp Flowmon - Command Injection (nuclei): http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-2389.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in Progress Software Flowmon

- [CVE-2026-8079](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-8079/): Unintended limited set of actions with elevated privileges may be performed during PDF generation in Progress Flowmon (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2026-3692](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-3692/): Unintended command execution during report generation in Progress Flowmon (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2026-2737](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2737/): Possibility of unintended actions when an administrator clicks a malicious link in the Progress Flowmon web application (high 8.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-2389 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-2389 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Progress Software Flowmon, published on 2 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-2389 exists.

Affected product: Progress Software Flowmon. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2389/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2389/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2389
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2389
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-2389

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2389/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.