CVE-2024-1709Authentication bypass using an alternate path or channel
- 10.0CriticalCVSS base score
- 100.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.1% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 22 Feb 2024
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
ConnectWise ScreenConnect 23.9.7 and prior are affected by an Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability, which may allow an attacker direct access to confidential information or critical systems.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as ConnectWise ScreenConnect Authentication Bypass Vulnerability.
- Added
- 22 Feb 2024
- Fix due (US federal)
- 29 Feb 2024
- Used by ransomware
- Known
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 22 Feb 2024.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and a Nuclei template for it. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Show the exploits2
Metasploit modules1 module
- ConnectWise ScreenConnect Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/http/connectwise_screenconnect_rce_cve_2024_1709Rank excellentdisclosed 19 Feb 2024
Nuclei templates1 template
- ConnectWise ScreenConnect 23.9.7 - Authentication Bypass (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-1709.yamlSeverity critical
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By cisa-cg
Published
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited, also by ransomware
- 20 months later
· 20 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| cisa-cgCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Critical10.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical10.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 100.0% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 10.0.
Affected products
- affected ≤ 23.9.7
References
References11
- https://www.connectwise.com/company/trust/security-bulletins/connectwise-screenconnect-23.9.8 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.huntress.com/blog/vulnerability-reproduced-immediately-patch-screenconnect-23-9-8 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.huntress.com/blog/detection-guidance-for-connectwise-cwe-288-2 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/connectwise-urges-screenconnect-admins-to-patch-critical-rce-flaw/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/watchtowrlabs/connectwise-screenconnect_auth-bypass-add-user-poc (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/18870 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.horizon3.ai/attack-research/red-team/connectwise-screenconnect-auth-bypass-deep-dive/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/21/researchers-warn-high-risk-connectwise-flaw-under-attack-is-embarrassingly-easy-to-exploit/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.securityweek.com/connectwise-confirms-screenconnect-flaw-under-active-exploitation/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.huntress.com/blog/a-catastrophe-for-control-understanding-the-screenconnect-authentication-bypass (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-1709 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2024-17443 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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