BeyondTrust Flaw Used for Web Shells, Backdoors, and Data Exfiltration
Vulnerabilities mentioned
All| CVE | Vulnerability | CVSS | EPSS | Signals | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2024-12356 | Unauthenticated Command Injection in BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access/Remote Support | 9.8 | 87% | KEVPoC | KEV |
| CVE-2026-1731 | Pre-Authentication OS Command Injection RCE in BeyondTrust Remote Support and PRA | 9.9 | 93% | KEVRansomwarePoC | KEV |
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Ravie Lakshmanan Feb 20, 2026 Vulnerability / Cyber Attack Threat actors have been observed exploiting a recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting BeyondTrust Remote Support (RS) and Privileged Remote Access (PRA) products to conduct a wide range of malicious actions, including deploying VShell and Spark RAT. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-1731 (CVSS score: 9.
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