# CVE-2024-12356: BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) Command Injection Vulnerability

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-12356-beyondtrust-privileged-remote-access-pra-and-remote-support-rs  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2024-12-19. Updated: 2026-05-09  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2024-12356 · Severity: critical · CVSS 9.8 · Exploited in the wild · Published 2024-12-19

BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) contain a command injection vulnerability (CWE-77). An unauthenticated attacker can inject commands that execute with the privileges of a site user.

Technologies: [BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/privileged-remote-access-pra), [BeyondTrust Remote Support (RS)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/remote-support-rs). Vendors: [BeyondTrust](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/beyondtrust).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2024-12356 exploited in the wild?** Yes. CVE-2024-12356 is known to be exploited in the wild, first recorded on 19 December 2024. Treat it as urgent.

**How severe is CVE-2024-12356?** Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 9.8, published 19 December 2024.

**Which products and versions are affected?** BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) up to (including) 24.3.1; BeyondTrust Remote Support (RS) up to (including) 24.3.1.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2024-12356?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**How is CVE-2024-12356 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.

**Am I affected by CVE-2024-12356?** Check whether you run BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) or BeyondTrust Remote Support (RS). Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Affected products

- BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) up to (including) 24.3.1
- BeyondTrust Remote Support (RS) up to (including) 24.3.1

## Timeline

- 2024-12-17: disclosed: CVE received from BeyondTrust and published to NVD
- 2024-12-19: kev added: Added to CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog
- 2024-12-19: advisory: Vendor advisory BT24-10 published

## Related threats

- [BeyondTrust Remote Support and PRA OS command injection](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-1731-beyondtrust-remote-support-and-pra-os-command-injection)
- [BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) OS Command Injection Vulnerability](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-12686-beyondtrust-privileged-remote-access-pra-and-remote-support-rs-os)