CVE-2024-12686 — BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) OS Command In

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.

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
BeyondTrust	Remote Support(RS) & Privileged Remote Access(PRA)	0

03Active exploitation status

Yes — actively exploited. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2025-01-13. Ransomware use: Unknown.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2024-12-18T20:23:57.909Z
• Last modified: 2025-10-21T22:55:34.086Z
• Added to CISA KEV: 2025-01-13
• BOD 22-01 due: 2025-02-03

09References

• nvd.nist.gov — https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12686
• www.beyondtrust.com — https://www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt24-11