BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) OS Command Injection Vulnerability (CVE-2024-12686)
Severity: high · Patch status: unknown · Since 2025-01-13 · CVE-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 added CVE-2024-12686 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Jan 13, 2025, 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 Feb 3, 2025 (BOD 22-01); treat that as the outer limit.
Sources
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