CVE-2024-12686 is a command injection vulnerability in BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) that allows an attacker with existing administrative privileges to execute commands as a site user. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.2, indicating a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It is actively exploited in the wild, as confirmed by its presence in the KEV catalog, and has garnered substantial community discussion and media coverage, including reports of state-sponsored actors leveraging it to breach U.S. Treasury systems. While no public Metasploit or ExploitDB modules exist, the active exploitation underscores its critical nature.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 24.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:privileged_remote_access:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 24.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:remote_support:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.