CVE-2024-12356 — BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) Command Injection Vulnerability

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

No fix documented by the sources we poll. That does not mean none exists: check the vendor advisory.

CISA required action CISA

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

US federal deadline: Dec 27, 2024 — passed 658 day(s) ago

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

1. Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Beyondtrust Privileged Remote Access, Beyondtrust Remote Support).
2. Treat as emergency remediation: the CVE is in CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
3. The attack is network-based and needs no privileges: restrict exposure (ACLs, VPN, WAF) until patched.
4. No fix documented in the sources: reduce exposure and monitor the vendor advisory.
5. EPSS ahead of 100% of scored CVEs: prioritize it in the patch queue.
6. Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (injection), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-77 · Command Injection

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CISA KEV details CISA

CISA lists a CVE once it has evidence of exploitation against real targets.

CISA records ransomware use only for campaigns it has confirmed, so “Unknown” means unrecorded, not ruled out. The deadline binds US federal agencies; for everyone else it is a reference date.

Public exploits, PoCs and detection templates

Public code that demonstrates or tests the flaw raises the odds of mass exploitation — and Nuclei templates help find vulnerable assets in your environment.

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EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 12, 2026 → Oct 15, 2026 · 4 reading(s) · max 87.26%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

• Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).
• Look for parameters with command/query metacharacters and unexpected child processes of the service.
• Hunt retroactively in logs from before Dec 19, 2024 (KEV listing): exploitation may have started earlier.

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

• 2026
• Affected products added · beyondtrust/remote support, beyondtrust/privileged remote access
  Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
• SSVC assessment updated
  Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
• Record published
  Oct 13, 2026
• Affected products added · beyondtrust/privileged remote access, beyondtrust/remote support
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• CVSS changed · 9.8
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Source status changed · → Analyzed
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Added to CISA KEV (detected)
  Oct 13, 2026 · CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
• Record created in this database
  Oct 13, 2026 · CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
• 2024
• Added to CISA KEV catalog
  Dec 18, 2024 · CISA
• CVE published
  Dec 17, 2024 · BT

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

• 2× References added · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026
• 1× Official description updated · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026

References

6 on the record

• www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt24-10
  Vendor Advisory, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
  US Government Resource, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.cve.org/CVERecord
  Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• attackerkb.com/topics/G5s8ZWAbYH/cve-2024-12356/rapid7-analysis
  Exploit, Third Party Advisory, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12356
  Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• github.com/advisories/GHSA-69c6-ccv7-v3g3
  GitHub Security Advisories

Elsewhere on this site

Related CVEs (same products)

• Critical CVE-2026-102764 Improper Origin Validation in Internal Messaging Components of BeyondTrust Remote Support 7h
• High CVE-2026-40140 High-Severity Pre-Authentication Vulnerability in BeyondTrust Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access Jul 6, 2026
• Critical CVE-2026-40141 High-Severity Vulnerability In Web Application Component of BeyondTrust Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access Jul 6, 2026
• High CVE-2026-40138 Critical Pre-Authentication Vulnerability in BeyondTrust Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access Jul 6, 2026
• Critical CVE-2026-40139 Critical Pre-Authentication Vulnerability in BeyondTrust Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access Jul 6, 2026
• Critical CVE-2026-1731 BeyondTrust Remote Support (RS) and Privileged Remote Access (PRA) OS Command Injection Vulnerability KEV Feb 6, 2026

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

• No fixed version, patch or mitigation documented.
• No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
• No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
• No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2024-12356 is "BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) Command Injection Vulnerability", rated Critical. It affects Privileged Remote Access (Beyondtrust); versions are in the scope table. It is in CISA KEV: there is evidence of real-world exploitation. CVSS 9.8 describes technical severity. EPSS 87.26% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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