# CVE-2025-11493: Self-Update Verification Mechanism Process in ConnectWise Automate

> An on-path attacker can substitute malicious files during self-updates if HTTPS is not enforced, leading to code execution.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6954-ggjw-f22g

## What is CVE-2025-11493?

CVE-2025-11493 is a high-severity 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

The ConnectWise Automate Agent does not fully verify the authenticity of files downloaded from the server, such as updates, dependencies, and integrations. This creates a risk where an on-path attacker could perform a man-in-the-middle attack and substitute malicious files for legitimate ones by impersonating a legitimate server. This risk is mitigated when HTTPS is enforced and is related to CVE-2025-11492.

Weakness: CWE-494 (Download of Code Without Integrity Check)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-11493?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Connectwise Automate.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-11493?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-11493 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-11493 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-11493 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in ConnectWise Automate

- [CVE-2021-35066](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-35066/): XML external entity in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-15027](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-15027/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-11492](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-11492/): HTTP Configuration and Encryption in Transit (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2026-9089](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-9089/): Supply chain in Automate (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-15838](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-15838/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-11493 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-11493 is a high-severity 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-11493 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ConnectWise Automate. 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-2025-11493/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-11493/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-11493
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11493
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-11493

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-11493/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.