CVE-2024-52060Network attack vector

Service corruption via environment-variable expansion overflow

Published Dec 13, 2024 · Updated Feb 7, 2025

Stack buffer overflow in affected RTI Connext Professional services allows attackers to corrupt data or interrupt service. Cloud Discovery, Observability Collector, Queuing, Recording, and Routing services write beyond a stack buffer while parsing startup XML that expands external environment-variable references. Local configuration-file access reaches every affected service; Routing Service is also remotely reachable through its load administration command when topic protection is absent.

CVSS severity8.3
High
EPSS probability0.32%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Stack buffer overflow in affected RTI Connext Professional services allows attackers to corrupt data or interrupt service. Cloud Discovery, Observability Collector, Queuing, Recording, and Routing services write beyond a stack buffer while parsing startup XML that expands external environment-variable references. Local configuration-file access reaches every affected service; Routing Service is also remotely reachable through its load administration command when topic protection is absent.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-52060
Published
Dec 13, 2024
Updated
Feb 7, 2025
Vendor
Real-Time Innovations
Product
Connext Professional
Classifications
CWE-121, CWE-120, CAPEC-10, T1190
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Dec 13, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 7, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=5.3.0 <5.3.1.45
  2. Affected versionversion=6.0.0 <6.0.1.40
  3. Affected versionversion=6.1.0 <6.1.2.21
  4. Affected versionversion=7.0.0 <7.3.0.5

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Real-Time Innovations · Connext Professionalversion=5.3.0 <5.3.1.45; version=6.0.0 <6.0.1.40; version=6.1.0 <6.1.2.21; version=7.0.0 <7.3.0.5

Published CVSS scores

8.3RTICVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
7.8NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.

Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-121Stack-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
CAPEC-10Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
T1190Exploit Public-Facing Application

Public exploit references

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