CVE-2025-11492 HTTP Configuration and Encryption in Transit
An on-path attacker can intercept or modify agent-server traffic if HTTP is used instead of HTTPS, requiring an upgrade to enforce secure communications.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-11492?
CVE-2025-11492 is a critical vulnerability in ConnectWise Automate, published on 16 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In the ConnectWise Automate Agent, communications could be configured to use HTTP instead of HTTPS. In such cases, an on-path threat actor with a man-in-the-middle network position could intercept, modify, or replay agent-server traffic. Additionally, the encryption method used to obfuscate some communications over the HTTP channel is updated in the Automate 2025.9 patch to enforce HTTPS for all agent communications.
Weakness: CWE-319
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-11492?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Connectwise Automate.
How do I fix CVE-2025-11492?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-11492 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-11492 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-11492 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in ConnectWise Automate
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4676-8cx2-xvgq.