Hazard

Is CVE-2024-12356 being exploited?

Weaponised and widely attempted

Reliable public exploit code exists, or mass exploitation attempts are probable. Patch inside days, not weeks.

BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) Command Injection Vulnerability

BeyondTrust · Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS)

CVSS 9.8 EPSS 88% no public exploit indexed Fix deadline passed 27 December 2024

What it is

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.

Why we say that

  • EPSS puts exploitation in the next 30 days at 88%
  • CISA's federal remediation deadline (2024-12-27) has passed
  • CVSS 9.8 critical
  • Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue

Every line above comes from a named public source. Where the evidence is thin, we say so rather than inventing confidence — see methodology.

What to do

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

What it costs when this goes wrong

This is where UK enforcement meets the vulnerability record. Where an unfixed vulnerability leads to a breach, the ICO treats it as a security failure under UK GDPR. Recent cases:

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