critical Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2024-57726SimpleHelp — technician keys grant server administrator

SimpleHelp 5.5.7 and earlier let a low-privileged technician mint an application programming interface (API) key carrying more rights than they hold, and that key raises them to server administrator.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Upgrade SimpleHelp past 5.5.7 now and revoke every existing technician key; ransomware crews use this pair, so review who currently holds the admin role.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
9.9/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
67%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2025-01-15
Added to KEV
2026-04-24
Exploit published
Not recorded
Confidence
high
Kill chain
privilege escalation
MITRE ATT&CK
T1078
Severity
critical

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

Attacker needsA low-privileged technician account on the SimpleHelp server.

Behind the card

5 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_addedcisa.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2024-57726 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-09-24