# CVE-2025-13444: Progress LoadMaster OS command injection in API

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-13444-progress-loadmaster-os-command-injection-in-api  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-01-13. Updated: 2026-09-25  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-13444 · Severity: high · CVSS 8.4 · Published 2026-01-13

LoadMaster is a network load balancer appliance used to distribute traffic across servers and ensure service availability. This vulnerability allows an authenticated administrator with user management permissions to inject arbitrary operating system commands through unsanitized API parameters, potentially gaining complete control of the appliance and compromising all services it protects.

Technologies: [Progress LoadMaster](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/loadmaster). Vendors: [Progress](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/progress).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-13444 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-13444 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-13444?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.4, published 13 January 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Progress LoadMaster.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-13444?** 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-2025-13444 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-13444?** Check whether you run Progress LoadMaster. 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.

## Technical details

The vulnerability is an OS command injection flaw in Progress LoadMaster's API that fails to properly sanitize input parameters. An authenticated attacker with "User Administration" permissions can exploit this by crafting malicious API requests containing shell metacharacters and command payloads. The vulnerability is reachable via network through the API interface and requires valid credentials with administrative scope. Successful exploitation allows arbitrary command execution with the privileges of the LoadMaster process, potentially enabling complete system compromise, data theft, or service disruption.

## Affected products

- Progress LoadMaster

## Timeline

- 2026-01-13: disclosed

## References

- [https://community.progress.com/s/article/Connection-Manager-for-ObjectScale-Vulnerabilities-CVE-2025-13444-CVE-2025-13447](https://community.progress.com/s/article/Connection-Manager-for-ObjectScale-Vulnerabilities-CVE-2025-13444-CVE-2025-13447)
- [https://community.progress.com/s/article/ECS-Connection-Manager-Vulnerabilities-CVE-2025-13444-CVE-2025-13447](https://community.progress.com/s/article/ECS-Connection-Manager-Vulnerabilities-CVE-2025-13444-CVE-2025-13447)

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