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CVE-2024-57726

9.9, critical Known exploited Used in ransomware

SimpleHelp Missing Authorization Vulnerability

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CVSS
9.9, critical critical CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
67% higher than 99.2% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
Confirmed in the wild
Published
15 Jan 2025a year ago

Known exploited

CISA added this to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on 24 Apr 2026 and links it to ransomware activity. US federal agencies had to remediate by 8 May 2026, a deadline that has passed.

Required action. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Description

SimpleHelp remote support software v5.5.7 and before has a vulnerability that allows low-privileges technicians to create API keys with excessive permissions. These API keys can be used to escalate privileges to the server admin role.

Details

Vendor
SimpleHelp
Product
Simplehelp
Weakness
CWE-862 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Analyzed
Updated
17 Jun 2026
Assigner
cve@mitre.org

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References 5

Advisories 4

Other references 1

The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.

Other SimpleHelp CVEs

Every SimpleHelp CVE we hold

Same vendor in what we hold, not a known link between the flaws.

  • CVE-2026-48558 SimpleHelp Authentication Bypass Vulnerability KEV EPSS 6% 10, critical
  • CVE-2024-57727 SimpleHelp Path Traversal Vulnerability KEV EPSS 97% 7.5, high
  • CVE-2024-57728 SimpleHelp Path Traversal Vulnerability KEV EPSS 65% 7.2, high

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Is CVE-2024-57726 in your network?

This page tells you how dangerous CVE-2024-57726 is out there. Whether it sits on one of your devices, only a scan of your own network can tell. That is what our systems do, every day, for the companies we protect.

CVE-2024-57726 is in the CISA catalogue of exploited vulnerabilities: attackers are already exploiting it.

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 17 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.