CVE-2026-1731: BeyondTrust Remote Support (RS) and Privileged Remote Access (PRA) OS Command Injection Vulnerability
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
BeyondTrust Remote Support (RS) and Privileged Remote Access (PRA)contain an OS command injection vulnerability. Successful exploitation could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute operating system commands in the context of the site user. Successful exploitation requires no authentication or user interaction and may lead to system compromise, including unauthorized access, data exfiltration, and service disruption.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access contain an OS command injection vulnerability.
- Who is affected
- Unauthenticated remote attackers targeting installations of BeyondTrust products.
- Urgency
- Immediate remediation is critical due to active exploitation and potential system compromise.
- Action
- Patch to the latest version of BeyondTrust Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access.
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Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-1731
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2026-1731Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 100% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-1731 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for BeyondTrust Remote Support
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- unknownNCSC-2026-0223 [1.00] [M/H] Vulnerabilities fixed in BeyondTrust Remote Support and Privileged Remote Accessncsc-nl · 2026-07-10
- high[NEW] [high] BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access and Remote Support: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-07-08
- criticalCVE-2026-40141: A high-severity vulnerability exists in a web application component of BeyondTrust Remote Supp…nvd · 2026-07-06
- highCVE-2026-40140: BeyondTrust Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access contain a high-severity pre-authentica…nvd · 2026-07-06
- criticalCVE-2026-40139: A critical pre-authentication vulnerability exists in the authentication subsystem of BeyondTr…nvd · 2026-07-06
- highCVE-2026-40138: A critical pre-authentication vulnerability exists in the authentication subsystem of BeyondTr…nvd · 2026-07-06
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