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CVE-2024-1708 — Connectwise Screenconnect

CVSS v3.1 8.4 (HIGH) · EPSS 52.1% (higher than 97.9% of all scored CVEs) · Priority 8.1/10 · Published 2024-02-21

As of 2024-11-21, CVE-2024-1708 is a HIGH-severity vulnerability in Connectwise Screenconnect, CVSS v3.1 8.4, EPSS 52.1% (97.9th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 5 tracked threat campaigns to CVE-2024-1708, most recently “The Remote Access Blind Spot: Acronis TRU Analysis of RMM Tool Proliferation and Abuse Risk in SMB Environments”.

Last updated: 2024-11-21

What is CVE-2024-1708?

ConnectWise ScreenConnect 23.9.7 and prior are affected by path-traversal vulnerability, which may allow an attacker the ability to execute remote code or directly impact confidential data or critical systems.

The record classifies CVE-2024-1708 under weakness class CWE-22. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs high-privilege credentials, needs a user to take an action first, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 935 days ago.

Severity and exploitation probability

CVSS v3.1 base score: 8.4 — HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (FIRST): 52.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.9% of all scored CVEs
CISA KEV: Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Threadlinqs priority: 8.1/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
Published: 2024-02-21, last modified 2024-11-21

Is CVE-2024-1708 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 29 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

Affected products and versions

Connectwise: Screenconnect

How to fix CVE-2024-1708

Vendor advisory: https://www.connectwise.com/company/trust/security-bulletins/connectwise-screenconnect-23.9.8. Apply the vendor fix referenced above to every affected product listed in this record, then confirm the running version against the vendor advisory.

Threat activity tracking CVE-2024-1708

5 tracked threats in the Threadlinqs corpus reference CVE-2024-1708, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

The Remote Access Blind Spot: Acronis TRU Analysis of RMM Tool Proliferation and Abuse Risk in SMB Environments — MEDIUM · 2026-05-13
ConnectWise ScreenConnect Path Traversal (CVE-2024-1708) Added to CISA KEV — Storm-1175 / Medusa Ransomware Active Exploitation — HIGH · 2026-04-30
Kyber Ransomware: Post-Quantum Hybrid Encryption Operation Targeting Windows & VMware ESXi — CRITICAL · 2026-04-22
APT35 (Charming Kitten) GCC Pre-Positioning Cyber Reconnaissance Campaign Enabling Kinetic Targeting — CRITICAL · 2026-04-09
Storm-1175 Medusa Ransomware Zero-Day Exploitation Campaign (CVE-2026-23760, CVE-2025-10035) — CRITICAL · 2026-04-06

Sources

Seeded from nvd and not yet processed by the Threadlinqs enrichment pipeline, so blank CVSS, EPSS or KEV fields above mean NOT MEASURED rather than measured-absent.

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