Findings

CVE-2024-12686

BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) OS Command Injection Vulnerability

Published Dec 18, 2024 · updated Jun 17, 2026 · beyondtrust privileged remote access

BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) contain an OS command injection vulnerability that can be exploited by an attacker with existing administrative privileges to upload a malicious file. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can allow a remote attacker to execute underlying operating system commands within the context of the site user.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Dec 18, 2024 · Catalog

    Detected

    BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) contain an OS command injection vulnerability that can be exploited by an attacker with existing administrative privileges to upload a malicious file. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can allow a remote attacker to execute underlying operating system commands within the context of the site user.

  2. Jan 13, 2025 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  3. Feb 3, 2025 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  4. Jun 17, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) contain an OS command injection vulnerability that can be exploited by an attacker with existing administrative privileges to upload a malicious file. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can allow a remote attacker to execute underlying operating system commands within the context of the site user.

Required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

CISA due date Feb 3, 2025

Affected

  • cpe beyondtrust/privileged remote accessversion unspecified
  • cpe beyondtrust/remote supportversion unspecified
  • vendor BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS)version unspecified

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2024-12686

    BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) contain an OS command injection vulnerability that can be exploited by an attacker with existing administrative privileges to upload a malicious file. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can allow a remote attacker to execute underlying operating system commands within the context of the site user.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-12686

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2024-12686

    30-day exploitation probability 13.7%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2024-12686

    A vulnerability has been discovered in Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) which can allow an attacker with existing administrative privileges to inject commands and run as a site user.

    nvd.nist.gov

References