# CVE-2024-50623: Cleo Multiple Products Unrestricted File Upload Vulnerability

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-50623-cleo-multiple-products-unrestricted-file-upload-vulnerability  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2024-12-13. Updated: 2026-05-09  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2024-50623 · Severity: critical · CVSS 9.8 · Exploited in the wild · Published 2024-12-13

Cleo Harmony, VLTrader, and LexiCom managed file transfer products contain an unrestricted file upload and download vulnerability. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges on the affected system.

Technologies: [Apple Multiple Products](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/multiple-products). Vendors: [Apple](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/apple).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2024-50623 exploited in the wild?** Yes. CVE-2024-50623 is known to be exploited in the wild, first recorded on 13 December 2024. Treat it as urgent.

**How severe is CVE-2024-50623?** Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 9.8, published 13 December 2024.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Cleo Harmony before 5.8.0.21; Cleo VLTrader before 5.8.0.21; Cleo LexiCom before 5.8.0.21.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2024-50623?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**How is CVE-2024-50623 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.

**Am I affected by CVE-2024-50623?** Check whether you run Apple Multiple Products. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Affected products

- Cleo Harmony before 5.8.0.21
- Cleo VLTrader before 5.8.0.21
- Cleo LexiCom before 5.8.0.21

## Timeline

- 2024-10-27: disclosed: Initial CVE publication
- 2024-12-13: kev added: Added to CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
- 2024-12-13: advisory: Vendor advisory updated/published

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