# CVE-2024-52940: CVE-2024-52940

Status: published. Published: 2024-11-18. Updated: 2026-11-03.

AnyDesk through 8.1.0 on Windows, when Allow Direct Connections is enabled, inadvertently exposes a public IP address within network traffic. The attacker must know the victim's AnyDesk ID.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- n/a / n/a: Version not specified (affected). Source: CNA: mitre
- anydesk / anydesk: ≥ 0; ≤ 8.1.0 (affected, custom). Source: ADP: CISA-ADP

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 7.5 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N; source: ADP: CISA-ADP

- CVSS 3.1: 7.5 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N; source: NVD: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 1.26% as of 2026-11-03; percentile 69.55%

- SSVC: exploitation poc; automatable no; technical impact partial; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: CWE-532

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://download.anydesk.com/changelog.txt (CNA: mitre)

- https://github.com/ebrasha/abdal-anydesk-remote-ip-detector (CNA: mitre)

- https://x.com/ProfShafiei/status/1850856458017009830 (CNA: mitre)

- https://download.anydesk.com/changelog.txt (cve@mitre.org)

- https://github.com/ebrasha/abdal-anydesk-remote-ip-detector (cve@mitre.org)

- https://x.com/ProfShafiei/status/1850856458017009830 (cve@mitre.org)

## Provenance

- CNA: mitre: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-52940; retrieved 2026-11-03; source updated 2026-11-03

- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52940; retrieved 2026-11-04; source updated 2026-11-03

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-52940; retrieved 2026-11-03; source updated Not reported

Revision: ba12bbc17c206105fd75a27101498c1b9cd1623adddf3267826a18ef4e1aced1

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2024-52940

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