# CVE-2026-40141: High-Severity Vulnerability In Web Application Component of BeyondTrust Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access

> Authenticated attackers with limited privileges can access unauthorized resources due to insufficient input validation in BeyondTrust Remote Support.

- **Severity:** High 8.5 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Jul 2026
- **Updated:** 7 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v5xx-3hcf-fm67

## What is CVE-2026-40141?

CVE-2026-40141 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in BeyondTrust Privilege Remote Access, published on 6 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A high-severity vulnerability exists in a web application component of BeyondTrust Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access related to the processing of certain input parameters. Insufficient validation of user-supplied input may allow an authenticated attacker with limited privileges to access unintended resources or data beyond their authorization scope. Exploitation is restricted to accounts with specific permissions.

Weakness: CWE-943 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Data Query Logic)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-40141?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Beyondtrust Privileged Remote Access, Beyondtrust Remote Support.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-40141?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-40141 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-40141 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-40141 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in BeyondTrust Privilege Remote Access

- [CVE-2026-1731](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1731/): BeyondTrust Remote Support (RS) and Privileged Remote Access (PRA) OS Command Injection (critical 9.9, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-12356](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12356/): BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) Command Injection Vulnerability (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-12686](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12686/): BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) OS Command Injection (medium 6.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-4310](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4310/): Command injection in Privileged Remote Access (PRA) (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-40138](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40138/): Critical Pre-Authentication Vulnerability in BeyondTrust Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access (critical 9.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-40141 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-40141 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in BeyondTrust Privilege Remote Access, published on 6 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-40141 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: BeyondTrust Privilege Remote Access. 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-2026-40141/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40141/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40141
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40141
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-40141

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40141/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.