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

Exploited in the wild Medium 6.6 Published 18 Dec 2024 Updated 21 Oct 2025

Administrators can inject commands to execute code as a site user in BeyondTrust Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access.

Exploited in the wild: Since 13 Jan 2025
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2024-12686?

CVE-2024-12686 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in BeyondTrust Remote Support(RS) & Privileged Remote Access(PRA), published on 18 Dec 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12686?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Beyondtrust Privileged Remote Access, Beyondtrust Remote Support.

How do I fix CVE-2024-12686?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12686 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 3 Feb 2025.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2024-12686 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2024-12686 in the wild since at least 13 Jan 2025.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-xqg3-vx4p-jmwm.