CVE-2024-12686: BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) OS Command Injection Vulnerability

Is it exploited?

Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 13 Jan 2025, 26 days after the CVE record was published.

How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?

32.2%

EPSS score, percentile 98.3 of all scored records

How severe?

6.6 Medium

CVSS v3.1 base score, given by the CNA

What should I do?

CISA deadline 3 Feb 2025. 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

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: 3 February 2025.

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/bt24-11
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12686

Affected products and versions

As listed in the CVE record.

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 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.

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

• CISA added CVE-2024-12686 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 13 Jan 2025.
• 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 3 Feb 2025.
• The CVE record was published on 18 Dec 2024, 26 days before it was added to KEV.
• The CVE record carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.6 (Medium), given by its CNA.
• FIRST's EPSS model puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 32.2% (percentile 98.3), as of 28 Oct 2026.
• CISA's SSVC assessment in the CVE record: exploitation active, automatable no, 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) & Privilege Remote Access (PRA)

A vulnerability has been discovered in Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) which can allow an attacker with existing administrative privileges to inject commands and 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-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS 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

• 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-2024-12356: BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) Command Injection Vulnerability (added 19 Dec 2024)