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.
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Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2024-11-18. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
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.
November 18, 2024
April 15, 2026
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Working exploit code is in the public domain (2 GitHub PoCs). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
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Open source ↗CVE-2024-52940 - A zero-day vulnerability in AnyDesk's "Allow Direct Connections" feature, discovered and registered by Ebrahim Shafiei (EbraSha), exposing public and private IP addresses. For details, visit the NVD, Tenable, or MITRE pages.
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