ConnectWise ScreenConnect Auth Bypass: An Instant RCE Wave
February 2024's CVE-2024-1709 let anyone add administrative accounts to self-hosted ScreenConnect servers — a setup-wizard path traversal that converted remote-support consoles into ransomware deployment platforms within 72 hours of disclosure. This account covers the twinned vulnerabilities, why MSP-hosted instances multiplied the blast radius across client fleets, the observed ransomware sequences, and the hard questions RMM vendors faced about unauthenticated wizard endpoints.