# CVE-2026-1232: Anti-Tamper Bypass in BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows

> Local authenticated users with elevated privileges can bypass anti-tamper protections to access protected components and modify product configuration.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Feb 2026
- **Updated:** 2 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fvpp-547j-4269

## What is CVE-2026-1232?

CVE-2026-1232 is a medium-severity vulnerability in BeyondTrust Privilege management for Windows, published on 2 Feb 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A medium-severity vulnerability has been identified in BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows versions <=25.7. Under certain conditions, a local authenticated user with elevated privileges may be able to bypass the product’s anti-tamper protections, which could allow access to protected application components and the ability to modify product configuration.

Weakness: CWE-693 (Protection Mechanism Failure)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-1232?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-1232?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-1232 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-1232 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-1232 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- https://github.com/horrister/beyondtrust-cve-2026-1232 (github_poc): https://github.com/horrister/beyondtrust-cve-2026-1232

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-1232 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-1232 is a medium-severity vulnerability in BeyondTrust Privilege management for Windows, published on 2 Feb 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-1232 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: BeyondTrust Privilege management for Windows. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1232/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1232/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-1232
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-1232
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-1232

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1232/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.