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

Is it exploited?

Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 19 Dec 2024, 2 days after the CVE record was published.

How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?

87.3%

EPSS score, percentile 99.8 of all scored records

How severe?

9.8 Critical

CVSS v3.1 base score, given by the CNA

What should I do?

Required action (CISA), due 27 Dec 2024: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.

Which versions are affected?

Affected: 24.3.1 and earlier; 24.3.1 and earlier

Versions by product

Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

What to do

CISA due date for this action: 27 December 2024.

Advisories and patches

The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.

Linked from CISA's catalog entry

• https://www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt24-10
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12356

Affected products and versions

As listed in the CVE record.

Versions not listed are: unaffected.

Versions not listed are: unaffected.

Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

About this vulnerability

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.

Summary: CISA's KEV catalog, as of 28 Oct 2026.

• CISA added CVE-2024-12356 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 19 Dec 2024.
• CISA's ransomware flag for this entry is "Unknown": no evidence of ransomware use in the catalog, which is not proof of none.
• The due date CISA sets for the required action is 27 Dec 2024.
• The CVE record was published on 17 Dec 2024, 2 days before it was added to KEV.
• The CVE record carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (Critical), given by its CNA.
• FIRST's EPSS model puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 87.3% (percentile 99.8), as of 28 Oct 2026.
• CISA's SSVC assessment in the CVE record: exploitation active, automatable yes, technical impact total.

Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

Description

Command Injection Vulnerability in Remote Support(RS) & Privileged Remote Access (PRA)

A critical vulnerability has been discovered in Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) products which can allow an unauthenticated attacker to inject commands that are run as a site user.

Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

Weakness

• CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

Attack patterns (CAPEC)

• CAPEC-88: OS Command Injection

CWE and CAPEC are maintained by MITRE; the entries are those named in the CVE record and the KEV entry.

Timeline

References

• cve.org
• nvd.nist.gov
• beyondtrust.com

More exploited BeyondTrust vulnerabilities

• CVE-2026-102764: BeyondTrust Remote Support Authentication Bypass by Spoofing Vulnerability (added 16 Oct 2026)
• CVE-2026-1731: BeyondTrust Remote Support (RS) and Privileged Remote Access (PRA) OS Command Injection Vulnerability (added 13 Feb 2026)
• CVE-2024-12686: BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) OS Command Injection Vulnerability (added 13 Jan 2025)