CVE-2024-12356

CVE-2026-1731 is an RCE vulnerability in identity platform BeyondTrust. This flaw allows attackers control of systems without login credentials.

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Attackers are exploiting a recently patched critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-1731) in internet-facing BeyondTrust Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access instances. “Attackers are abusing get_portal_info to extract the x-ns-company value before establishing a WebSocket channel,” Ryan Dewhurst, Head of Threat Intelligence at watchTowr, confirmed on Thursday. Rapid7 researchers published a technical analysis and proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for CVE-2026-1731 on Tuesday, Feb. 10. Defused and GreyNoise have also detected widespread reconnaissance and limited exploitation activity. “So far we … More →

Companies using self-hosted versions of BeyondTrust Remote Support (RS) or Privileged Remote Access (PRA) should deploy patches for a critical vulnerability that allows attacks to execute OS commands without authentication. “Successful exploitation requires no authentication or user interaction and may lead to system compromise, including unauthorized access, data exfiltration, and service disruption,” BeyondTrust said in […]

Affecting both RS and PRA, the bug can be exploited remotely via crafted requests without authentication.

BeyondTrust fixed a critical remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2026-1731) in its Remote Support (RS) and Privileged Remote Access (PRA) solutions and is urging self-hosted customers to apply the patch as soon a possible. Unlike the Remote Support zero-day (CVE-2024-12356) that was flagged after having been exploited by China-nexus threat actors to breach the US Treasury Department in late 2024, this newest vulnerability was discovered and privately disclosed by a security researcher. About CVE-2026-1731 BeyondTrust Privileged … More →

The suspected Chinese state-sponsored hackers who breached workstations of several US Treasury employees in December 2024 did so by leveraging not one, but two zero-days, according to Rapid7 researchers. It was initially reported that the attackers compromised the Treasury’s BeyondTrust Remote Support SaaS instances via CVE-2024-12356, a previously unknown unauthenticated command injection vulnerability. But, as Rapid7 researchers discovered (and confirmed by testing), “a successful exploit for CVE-2024-12356 had to include exploitation of CVE-2025-1094 in order … More →

Threat actors are exploiting a zero-day SQL injection vulnerability in PostgreSQL, according to researchers from cybersecurity firm Rapid7. Rapid7 researchers discovered a high-severity SQL injection flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-1094, in PostgreSQL’s psql tool. The experts discovered the flaw while investigating the exploitation of the vulnerability CVE-2024-12356 for remote code execution. BeyondTrust patched CVE-2024-12356 in December […]

Attackers who exploited a zero-day vulnerability in BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access and Remote Support products in December likely also exploited a previously unknown SQL injection flaw in PostgreSQL, a widely used open-source object-relational database system. The PostgreSQL issue was fixed on Thursday and users are advised to upgrade their database servers as soon as possible. […]

Rapid7 finds a new zero-day vulnerability in PostgreSQL and links it to chain of attacks against a BeyondTrust Remote Support product.

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added to its catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities a second vulnerability by BeyondTrust, which was patched in December. The flaw is different than the one that was used to compromise US Treasury workstations last month. At the end of December, the US Department of the Treasury […]

Attackers have been exploiting a second vulnerability in BeyondTrust’s remote management solutions, CISA warns.

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds BeyondTrust PRA and RS and Qlik Sense flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the following vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog: CVE-2024-12686 (CVSS score of 6.6) The flaw is an OS Command Injection Vulnerability in BeyondTrust […]

SimpleHelp remote support software is susceptible to critical vulnerabilities that could allow full takeover of SimpleHelp servers. Users of SimpleHelp should upgrade to the latest version ASAP.

Chinese cyberspies targeted offices dealing with foreign investments and sanctions in the recent US Treasury hack.

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has shared on Monday that the Treasury Department was the only US federal agency affected by the recent cybersecurity incident involving compromised BeyondTrust Remote Support SaaS instances. On the same day, BeyondTrust offered an update on the situation: The forensic investigation into the incident is approaching completion, the company said, and noted that no additional affected customers have been identified since the initial cluster of affected instances … More →

CISA says no federal agencies other than Treasury were impacted by the recent compromise of a BeyondTrust cloud-based service.

For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 6th January, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES Check Point elaborated on the US Treasury Department cyber-attack that compromised employee workstations and classified documents. The breach, attributed to a China state-sponsored threat actor, involved unauthorized remote access using a security […]

China-linked threat actors breached the U.S. Treasury Department by hacking a remote support platform used by the agency. China-linked threat actors breached the U.S. Treasury Department via a compromised remote support platform. The Treasury Department discovered the security breach on December 8th from its vendor BeyondTrust, according to a letter to lawmakers. BeyondTrust provides Privileged […]

Chinese hackers remotely accessed US Treasury Department workstations after compromising a cloud-based service operated by BeyondTrust.

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CISA is urging federal agencies to patch a recent critical vulnerability in BeyondTrust remote access products in one week.

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) Command Injection flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) Command Injection flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-12356 (CVSS score of 9.8) to […]

A critical vulnerability in BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access and Remote Support could lead to arbitrary command execution.

BeyondTrust has fixed an unauthenticated command injection vulnerability (CVE-2024-12356) in its Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) products that may allow remote code execution, and is urging organizations with on-premise installations to test the patch and implement it quickly. About CVE-2024-12356 BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access is an enterprise solution that mediates secure remote access to enterprise environments for employees and trusted vendors. BeyondTrust Remote Support allows organizations’ IT helpdesk personnel to securely connect … More →