# CVE-2024-1708: ConnectWise ScreenConnect Path Traversal

> Attackers can exploit a path traversal flaw in ConnectWise ScreenConnect to execute remote code or access confidential data.

- **Severity:** High 8.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Yes, since 28 Apr 2026 (CISA KEV), used in ransomware
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-65x5-26gm-j9pq

## What is CVE-2024-1708?

CVE-2024-1708 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in ConnectWise ScreenConnect, published on 21 Feb 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1708?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Connectwise Screenconnect.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-1708?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1708 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 12 May 2026.

## Is CVE-2024-1708 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2024-1708 in the wild since at least 28 Apr 2026, including in ransomware campaigns.

Public exploit code:

- ConnectWise ScreenConnect Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (metasploit)
- Reproduction of cve-2024-1708-connectwise_rce_reproduction (github_poc): https://github.com/razureink/cve-2024-1708-connectwise_rce_reproduction
- ConnectWise ScreenConnect <= 23.9.7 - Path Traversal (nuclei): http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-1708.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in ConnectWise ScreenConnect

- [CVE-2024-1709](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1709/): ConnectWise ScreenConnect Authentication Bypass (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-84869](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-84869/): ConnectWise ScreenConnect Improper Privilege Management and Missing Authorization (critical 9.9, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-3935](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3935/): ConnectWise ScreenConnect Improper Authentication (high 8.1, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-14265](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14265/): Improper server-side validation in ScreenConnect extension framework (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2025-14823](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14823/): Certificate Signing Extension Returns Encrypted Values (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-1708 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-1708 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in ConnectWise ScreenConnect, published on 21 Feb 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2024-1708 in the wild since at least 28 Apr 2026, including in ransomware campaigns.

Affected product: ConnectWise ScreenConnect. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1708/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1708/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1708
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1708
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1708

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1708/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.