ConnectWise ScreenConnect Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
ConnectWise / ScreenConnect
ConnectWise ScreenConnect contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows an attacker with network access to the management interface to create a new, administrator-level account on affected devices.
- CVE identifier
- CVE-2024-1709
- Added to KEV
- Feb 22, 2024
- CISA catalog dueDate
- Feb 29, 2024
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Publisher's required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
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Keep the signals separate.
- Ransomware use, as reported by CISA
- Known
- CVSS severity
- Not supplied by KEV
- EPSS probability
- Not available
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Source notes
https://www.connectwise.com/company/trust/security-bulletins/connectwise-screenconnect-23.9.8; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1709
Source & freshness
Source updated: Nov 6, 2026, 7:44 PM UTC
Successfully checked: Nov 8, 2026, 12:22 AM UTC
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