BeyondTrust has launched safety updates to repair a high-severity flaw in its Distant Assist (RS) and Privileged Distant Entry (PRA) options that may let unauthenticated attackers achieve distant code execution on weak servers.
Distant Assist is BeyondTrust’s enterprise-grade distant assist answer that helps IT assist groups troubleshoot points by remotely connecting to programs and units, whereas Privileged Distant Entry acts as a safe gateway and ensures that customers can solely entry the precise programs and assets they’re approved to make use of.
Tracked as CVE-2025-5309, this Server-Facet Template Injection vulnerability was found by Jorren Geurts of Resillion within the chat characteristic of BeyondTrust RS/PRA.
“Distant Assist and Privileged Distant Entry elements don’t correctly escape enter supposed for the template engine, resulting in a possible template injection vulnerability,” the corporate defined.
“This flaw might permit an attacker to execute arbitrary code within the context of the server. Notably, within the case of Distant Assist, exploitation doesn’t require authentication.”
BeyondTrust has patched all RS/PRA cloud programs as of June 16, 2025, and suggested on-premises clients to use the patch manually in the event that they have not enabled computerized updates.
Directors who can’t deploy the safety patches immediately can mitigate the chance of exploitation for CVE-2025-5309 by enabling SAML authentication for the Public Portal. They need to additionally implement the usage of session keys by disabling the Consultant Record and the Problem Submission Survey whereas making certain that session keys are turned on.
| Product | Fastened model |
| Distant Assist | 24.2.2 to 24.2.4 with HELP-10826-2 Patch |
| Distant Assist | 24.3.1 to 24.3.3 with HELP-10826-2 Patch |
| Distant Assist | 24.3.4 and any future 24.3.x launch |
| Privileged Distant Entry | 25.1.1 with HELP-10826-1 Patch |
| Privileged Distant Entry | 25.1.2 and above |
| Privileged Distant Entry | 24.2.2 to 24.2.4 with HELP-10826-2 Patch |
| Privileged Distant Entry | 24.3.1 to 24.3.3 with HELP-10826-2 Patch |
| Privileged Distant Entry | 25.1.1 with HELP-10826-1 Patch |
Whereas the corporate did not say this vulnerability has been exploited within the wild, different BeyondTrust RS/PRA safety flaws have been focused in assaults in recent times.
Extra not too long ago, the corporate disclosed in early December that attackers breached its programs utilizing two RS/PRA zero-day bugs (CVE-2024-12356 and CVE-2024-12686) and a PostgreSQL zero-day (CVE-2025-1094). In addition they stole an API key in the course of the breach, which was used to compromise 17 Distant Assist SaaS situations.
Lower than one month later, the U.S. Treasury Division revealed that its community had been hacked, an incident which was later linked to Chinese language state-backed hackers tracked as Silk Hurricane.
The Chinese language cyberspies focused the Workplace of Overseas Property Management (OFAC), which administers commerce and financial sanctions applications, and the Committee on Overseas Funding in america (CFIUS), which critiques international investments for nationwide safety dangers.
Silk Hurricane is believed to have accessed the Treasury’s BeyondTrust occasion to steal unclassified details about potential sanctions actions and different equally delicate paperwork.
CISA added CVE-2024-12356 to its Identified Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on December 19, ordering U.S. federal companies to safe their networks inside every week, by January 13.
BeyondTrust offers identification safety providers for over 20,000 clients in additional than 100 international locations, together with 75% of Fortune 100 firms worldwide.
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