Applied Cybernetics Group
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Tuesday, July 14, 2026
Data as of 20:11 UTC

known ransomware use

SimpleHelp Path Traversal Vulnerability

Added to KEV
2025-02-13
Federal due date
2025-03-06
Vendor
SimpleHelp
Product
SimpleHelp
EPSS
99.9th percentile (score 0.952, as of 2026-07-13)
NVD CVSS v3.1
Ransomware use
Known
ATT&CK
T1003 , T1059 , T1190 , T1552.001 , T1552.004 · signal rollup
Upstream
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-57727

CISA short description

SimpleHelp remote support software contains multiple path traversal vulnerabilities that allow unauthenticated remote attackers to download arbitrary files from the SimpleHelp host via crafted HTTP requests. These files may include server configuration files and hashed user passwords.

Required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

EPSS percentile is the FIRST.org exploit-probability ranking as of the date noted above; it moves daily. CVSS reflects NVD's analysis at time of publication.