Progress Kemp LoadMaster Pre-Auth RCE Flaw Faces Active Exploitation Attempts
Active exploitation of CVE-2026-8037, a pre-authentication RCE in Progress Kemp LoadMaster, is confirmed — organisations using this widely deployed load balancer should treat patching as an emergency.
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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
Editorial Analysis
LoadMaster appliances sit at the network edge handling traffic routing; a pre-auth RCE under active exploitation means unpatched instances are effectively open doors into enterprise networks.
Immediately patch or isolate all Progress Kemp LoadMaster instances, review logs for indicators of exploitation, and validate WAF rules.
A critical, actively exploited flaw in a common load balancer requires emergency patching to prevent network compromise.
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