CVEs / CVE-2024-12356
CVE-2024-12356: BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) Command Injection Vulnerability
- Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 19 Dec 2024
- critical 9.8 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
- EPSS 87.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Summary
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.
Description
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.
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| BeyondTrust Remote Support | up to and including 24.3.1 | — |
| BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access | up to and including 24.3.1 | — |
Exploitation
| In CISA KEV since | 19 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|
| Due date for US federal agencies | 27 Dec 2024 |
| Used in ransomware campaigns | Unknown |
| Required action | Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. |
Severity
| CVSS 3.1 | 9.8 criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HScored by NVD |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-77 |
References
- CVE-2024-12356 on NVD
- CVE-2024-12356 in the CISA KEV catalog
- https://www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt24-10 (cited by CISA)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12356 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt24-10 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12356 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/G5s8ZWAbYH/cve-2024-12356/rapid7-analysis Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-12356 US Government Resource
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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