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ConnectWise ScreenConnect Vulnerability

ConnectWise ScreenConnect is a software that Managed Service Providers use to monitor and manage systems remotely. On February 19th, ConnectWise issued an advisory that all versions below 23.9.8 of ScreenConnect had two vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-1709 and CVE-2024-1708) and urged their users to patch immediately. This carried a CVSS Score of 10 (highest severity). 

Nucleus received notice on Monday, February 19th and patched within 2 hours of ConnectWise publishing the alert and releasing the patch. At that time, this vulnerability had not been exploited in the wild. In summary: 

  • Nucleus patched the vulnerability quickly: Nucleus patched the vulnerability on Monday February 19th immediately despite it being a holiday. Nucleus took immediate action and worked diligently to manually implement the patch. 
  • ConnectWise website has a detailed summary of the issue: For a detailed summary of this issue, visit the ConnectWise website.

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