CVE-2024-12686
Actively exploited. CVE-2024-12686 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-01-13) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
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.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- These products contain an OS command injection vulnerability that can be exploited by an attacker with existing administrative privileges to upload a malicious file.
- Who is affected
- Administrators of BeyondTrust PRA and RS are affected.
- Urgency
- Immediate remediation is necessary as the vulnerability is actively exploited and rated critical.
- Action
- Apply the latest security updates from BeyondTrust.
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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 96% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2024-12686: BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) OS Command Injection Vulner…cisa-kev · 2025-01-13
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