BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) Command Injection Vulnerability (CVE-2024-12356)
Severity: critical · Patch status: unknown · Since 2024-12-19 · CVE-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 added CVE-2024-12356 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Dec 19, 2024, which means attackers are exploiting it in the wild.
What to do
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- US federal agencies must remediate by Dec 27, 2024 (BOD 22-01); treat that as the outer limit.
Sources
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