# CVE-2024-12741: Deserialization Of Untrusted Data Vulnerability In NI DAQExpress Project File

Status: published. Published: 2024-12-18. Updated: 2026-11-11.

A deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability exists in NI DAQExpress that may result in remote code execution. Successful exploitation requires an attacker to get a user to open a specially crafted project file. This vulnerability affects DAQExpress 5.1 and prior versions.  Please note that DAQExpress is an EOL product and will not receive any updates.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- NI / DAQExpress: ≥ 0; ≤ 5.1.0 (affected, semver). Source: CNA: NI; platforms: Windows

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 7.8 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H; source: CNA: NI

- CVSS 4.0: 8.4 (high); CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N; source: CNA: NI

- CVSS 4.0: 8.4 (high); CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X; source: NVD: security@ni.com

- CVSS 3.1: 7.8 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H; source: NVD: security@ni.com

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 4.21% as of 2026-11-10; percentile 91.06%

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable no; technical impact total; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: CWE-502

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://knowledge.ni.com/KnowledgeArticleDetails?id=kA00Z000000kFD7SAM&l=en-US (CNA: NI)

- https://knowledge.ni.com/KnowledgeArticleDetails?id=kA00Z000000kFD7SAM&l=en-US (security@ni.com)

## Provenance

- CNA: NI: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12741; retrieved 2026-11-11; source updated 2026-11-11

- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12741; retrieved 2026-11-11; source updated 2026-11-11

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-12741; retrieved 2026-11-11; source updated Not reported

Revision: 4f6e986e9d80881db3bb187d82ff70a2bb7be89415e144f462a1ea1d396a62a6

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