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

[ Why it matters ]Priority signals

• Exploited in the wild: on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since 2025-01-13
• EPSS: 14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (higher than 96% of CVEs)

[ Description ]Official description

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.

CISA: 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.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

CISA required action (US federal deadline 3 Feb 2025): Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ References ]References

• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12686Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
• www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt24-11Vendor Advisory
• www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalogUS Government Resource