Vulnerability · CVE-2024-12356
BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) Command Injection Vulnerability
Published Dec 16, 2024 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS)
Patch now
CVE-2024-12356 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Dec 27, 2024. Confirm BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- Severity
- Critical9.8
- Known exploitation
- CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 87.26%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- cpe beyondtrust/privileged remote access · cpe beyondtrust/remote support · vendor BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS)
BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) contain a command injection vulnerability, which can allow an unauthenticated attacker to inject commands that are run as a site user. Initial-access exploit intelligence.
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- cpe beyondtrust/privileged remote accessversion unspecified
- cpe beyondtrust/remote supportversion unspecified
- vendor BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS)version unspecified
How to fix CVE-2024-12356
Recommended remediation
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. CISA due date Dec 27, 2024.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2024-12356 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Dec 27, 2024. Confirm BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-77: Command Injection. EPSS 87.26%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Dec 16, 2024 · Catalog
Detected
A critical vulnerability has been discovered in Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) products which can allow an unauthenticated attacker to inject commands that are run as a site user.
Dec 19, 2024 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Dec 27, 2024 · CISA KEV
Remediation due
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog
Updated
A critical vulnerability has been discovered in Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) products which can allow an unauthenticated attacker to inject commands that are run as a site user.
Sources
- AttackerKBCited referencehttps://attackerkb.com/topics/G5s8ZWAbYH/cve-2024-12356/rapid7-analysis
AttackerKB link already published on the finding.
attackerkb.com - CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2024-12356
BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) contain a command injection vulnerability, which can allow an unauthenticated attacker to inject commands that are run as a site user.
cisa.gov - CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-12356
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2024-12356
30-day exploitation probability 87.3%
first.org - Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleexploit_linux/http/beyondtrust_pra_rs_unauth_rce
Public module reference (excellent). Module source is not copied into this catalog.
rapid7.com - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2024-12356
A critical vulnerability has been discovered in Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) products which can allow an unauthenticated attacker to inject commands that are run as a site user.
nvd.nist.gov - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2024-12356
BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) contain a command injection vulnerability, which can allow an unauthenticated attacker to inject commands that are run as a site user.
vulncheck.com
References
- Exploit · attackerkb.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · insights.nccgroup.com
- CISA note · nvd.nist.gov
- CISA note · beyondtrust.com
- US Government Resource · cisa.gov
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · cisa.gov
- Third Party Advisory · cve.org
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · horizon3.ai
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · rapid7.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · redhat.com
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.