ConnectWise Automate Update: Patch Now or Risk a Security Comedy of Errors!
ConnectWise Automate users, brace yourselves! A critical flaw could let cyber tricksters snoop or meddle with your sensitive data. The security update is in; install it faster than your morning coffee brews! Don’t let adversaries crash your digital party!
Hot Take:
Imagine you’re living in a world where hackers are like door-to-door salesmen, except they’re selling chaos instead of vacuum cleaners. ConnectWise just realized their front door was wide open, so they decided to install a brand new lock. Let’s just hope they didn’t forget to lock the windows too!
Key Points:
– ConnectWise released a security patch to fix critical vulnerabilities in their Automate RMM platform.
– The most severe flaw (CVE-2025-11492) scores a 9.6 on the CVSS scale due to potential cleartext transmission of sensitive data.
– A second flaw (CVE-2025-11493) scores 8.8, related to the lack of integrity verification for update packages.
– The vulnerabilities could allow attackers to intercept and modify communications or push malicious updates.
– ConnectWise advises immediate updates, while history hints at nation-state actors previously targeting their products.