# CVE-2024-3544: LoadMaster Hardcoded SSH Key

> Attackers on the same network can use hardcoded SSH keys to access LoadMaster devices, requiring a patch to enforce shared secret authentication.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 May 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5673-2x9h-2626

## What is CVE-2024-3544?

CVE-2024-3544 is a high-severity vulnerability in Progress Software Corporation LoadMaster, published on 2 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unauthenticated attackers can perform actions, using SSH private keys, by knowing the IP address and having access to the same network of one of the machines in the HA or Cluster group. This vulnerability has been closed by enhancing LoadMaster partner communications to require a shared secret that must be exchanged between the partners before communication can proceed.

Weakness: CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3544?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Progress Loadmaster.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-3544?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3544 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-3544 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3544 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Progress Software Corporation LoadMaster

- [CVE-2024-1212](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1212/): Progress Kemp LoadMaster OS Command Injection (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2014-5287](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-5287/): Command injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-56131](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56131/): Improper Input Validation vulnerability of Authenticated User in Progress LoadMaster allows : OS Command Injection. (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2024-56132](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56132/): Improper Input Validation vulnerability of Authenticated User in Progress LoadMaster allows : OS Command Injection. (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2024-56133](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56133/): Improper Input Validation vulnerability of Authenticated User in Progress LoadMaster allows : OS Command Injection. (high 8.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-3544 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-3544 is a high-severity vulnerability in Progress Software Corporation LoadMaster, published on 2 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3544 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Progress Software Corporation LoadMaster. 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-2024-3544/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3544/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3544
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3544
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-3544

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3544/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.