CVE-2024-12356
Actively exploited. CVE-2024-12356 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2024-12-19) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
Public exploit code is available. Proof-of-concept or working exploit code for CVE-2024-12356 is indexed in Metasploit. Expect opportunistic scanning and exploitation attempts — prioritize remediation.
BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) contain a command injection vulnerability, which can allow an unauthenticated attacker to inject commands that are run as a site user.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- BeyondTrust PRA and RS contain a command injection vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject commands.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access and Remote Support solutions.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
- Action
- Update to the latest version as recommended by BeyondTrust.
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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 100% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Exploit availability
Public exploit or proof-of-concept code for CVE-2024-12356 is indexed in these free datasets. Available exploit code raises real-world risk independent of the CVSS score.
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Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2024-12356: BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) Command Injection Vulnerabi…cisa-kev · 2024-12-19
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