Widely-used remote access tool; high-severity path traversal with RCE risk.
CVE-2024-1708
ConnectWise ScreenConnect path traversal allows remote code execution.
Is CVE-2024-1708 being exploited?
Yes. CVE-2024-1708 appears in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed and reported. Treat it as active rather than theoretical, and patch it ahead of higher-scoring vulnerabilities that carry no exploitation evidence.
How severe is CVE-2024-1708?
CVE-2024-1708 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.4. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2024-1708?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2024-1708. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2024-1708 affect?
CVE-2024-1708 affects ConnectWise ScreenConnect 23.9.7 and earlier. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2024-1708?
Patch to 23.9.8+ or apply vendor mitigations
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Path traversal via the web interface could permit remote code execution and access to confidential data or critical systems.
Immediate action required
- affected<= 23.9.7
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.