# CVE-2024-2658 — Flexera FlexNet Publisher

> As of 2025-01-30, CVE-2024-2658 is a High-severity (band derived from the CVSS v4.0 score, not stated by the CNA) vulnerability in Flexera FlexNet Publisher, CVSS v4.0 8.5, EPSS 0.8% (55.5th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2024-2658, most recently “Schneider Electric Floating License Manager - CVE-2024-2658 Local Privilege Escalation via Uncontrolled Search Path in FlexNet Publisher”.

**Last updated:** 2025-01-30

## What is CVE-2024-2658?

A misconfiguration in lmadmin.exe of FlexNet Publisher versions prior to 2024 R1 (11.19.6.0) allows the OpenSSL configuration file to load from a non-existent directory. An unauthorized, locally authenticated user with low privileges can potentially create the directory and load a specially crafted openssl.conf file leading to the execution of a malicious DLL (Dynamic-Link Library) with elevated privileges.

The record classifies CVE-2024-2658 under weakness class [CWE-427](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/CWE-427). 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 618 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **CVSS v4.0 base score:** 8.5 — High (derived from score) (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55.5% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 8.5/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2025-01-30

## Is CVE-2024-2658 being exploited?

Weaponised exploit code for CVE-2024-2658 is publicly available. 1 public proof-of-concept repository is tracked for this identifier. It currently carries a trending score of 27 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

- [trickest/cve](https://github.com/trickest/cve/blob/main/2024/CVE-2024-2658.md) (trickest)

## Affected products and versions

- **Flexera**: FlexNet Publisher

## How to fix CVE-2024-2658

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2024-2658 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

## Threat activity tracking CVE-2024-2658

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2024-2658, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

- [Schneider Electric Floating License Manager - CVE-2024-2658 Local Privilege Escalation via Uncontrolled Search Path in FlexNet Publisher](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1053) — HIGH · 2026-06-26

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories, public proof-of-concept repositories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-10-10.

**Vendor advisory and patch**

- [community.flexera.com — vendor advisory](https://community.flexera.com/s/article/cve-2024-2658-flexnet-publisher-potential-local-privilege-escalation-issue)

**Third-party advisory**

- [zerodayinitiative.com — third party advisory](https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-359/)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2024-2658
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2024-2658 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp