# CVE-2025-14265 — ConnectWise ScreenConnect

> As of 2026-02-26, CVE-2025-14265 is a CRITICAL-severity vulnerability in ConnectWise ScreenConnect, CVSS v3.1 9.1, EPSS 0.3% (28.6th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2025-14265, most recently “The Remote Access Blind Spot: Acronis TRU Analysis of RMM Tool Proliferation and Abuse Risk in SMB Environments”.

**Last updated:** 2026-02-26

## What is CVE-2025-14265?

In versions of ScreenConnect™ prior to 25.8, server-side validation and integrity checks within the extension subsystem could allow the installation and execution of untrusted or arbitrary extensions by authorized or administrative users. Abuse of this behavior could result in the execution of custom code on the server or unauthorized access to application configuration data. This issue affects only the ScreenConnect server component; host and guest clients are not impacted. ScreenConnect 25.8 introduces enhanced server-side configuration handling and integrity checks to ensure only trusted extensions can be installed.

The record classifies CVE-2025-14265 under weakness class [CWE-494](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/CWE-494). Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs high-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 303 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **CVSS v3.1 base score:** 9.1 — CRITICAL (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28.6% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 5.7/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2025-12-11, last modified 2026-02-26

## Is CVE-2025-14265 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 12 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

## Affected products and versions

- [ConnectWise](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/vendors/connectwise): ScreenConnect

## How to fix CVE-2025-14265

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2025-14265 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

## Threat activity tracking CVE-2025-14265

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2025-14265, 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](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-2115) — MEDIUM · 2026-05-13

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-10-10.

**Other references**

- [connectwise.com](https://www.connectwise.com/company/trust/security-bulletins/screenconnect-2025.8-security-patch)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2025-14265
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2025-14265 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp