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CVE-2026-84869

9.9, critical Known exploited

ConnectWise ScreenConnect Improper Privilege Management and Missing Authorization Vulnerability

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CVSS
9.9, critical critical CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
0.9% higher than 59.7% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
Confirmed in the wild
Published
8 Sept 2026a month ago

Known exploited

CISA added this to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on 11 Sept 2026. US federal agencies had to remediate by 14 Sept 2026, a deadline that has passed.

Required action. Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.

Description

A condition in the ScreenConnect client may allow files to be transferred and executed through an active remote session without authorization or Host confirmation in certain circumstances. ScreenConnect servers are not impacted.

Details

Vendor
ConnectWise
Product
ScreenConnect
Weakness
CWE-269 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Analyzed
Updated
12 Sept 2026
Assigner
7d616e1a-3288-43b1-a0dd-0a65d3e70a49

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References 5

Advisories 4

Other references 1

The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.

Other ConnectWise CVEs

Every ConnectWise CVE we hold

Same vendor in what we hold, not a known link between the flaws.

  • CVE-2025-3935 ConnectWise ScreenConnect Improper Authentication Vulnerability KEV EPSS 4% 7.2, high
  • CVE-2024-1708 ConnectWise ScreenConnect Path Traversal Vulnerability KEV EPSS 95% 8.4, high
  • CVE-2024-1709 ConnectWise ScreenConnect Authentication Bypass Vulnerability KEV EPSS 100% 10, critical

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 17 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.