Description
BeyondTrust Remote Support (RS) and certain older versions of Privileged Remote Access (PRA) contain a critical pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability. By sending specially crafted requests, an unauthenticated remote attacker may be able to execute operating system commands in the context of the site user.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| BeyondTrust | Remote Support(RS) & Privileged Remote Access(PRA) | ≤ RS 25.3.1, ≤ PRA 24.3.4 | — |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Metasploit 1 module
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BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) unauthenticated Remote Code Execution
exploit/linux/http/beyondtrust_pra_rs_command_injection
GitHub 5 repositories
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win3zz/CVE-2026-1731 ★ 37 · Feb 11, 2026
CVE-2026-1731 - Critical command injection vulnerability in BeyondTrust Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access due to unsafe Bash arithmetic evaluation in a WebSocket-reachable script
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jakubie07/CVE-2026-1731 ★ 6 · Feb 18, 2026
CVE-2026-1731 PoC
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cybrdude/cve-2026-1731-scanner ★ 4 · Feb 13, 2026
Passive vulnerability scanner for CVE-2026-1731 — BeyondTrust RS/PRA pre-auth RCE (CVSS 9.9). Educational & defensive use only.
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hex0user/CVE-2026-1731 ★ 1 · Feb 22, 2026
CVE-2026-1731 — BeyondTrust Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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ridhinva/beyondtrust-rce-scanner ★ 0 · May 22, 2026
Scanner: CVE-2026-1731 BeyondTrust Remote Support Pre-auth RCE — Python checker for actively exploited vulnerability (CISA KEV)
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
Automated scanner template
A ready-made Nuclei template detects this vulnerability automatically. Vulnerabilities with public scanner templates are typically probed across the internet soon after the template appears — exposed systems should be patched first.
- BeyondTrust Remote Support - Unauthenticated WebSocket RCE javascript/cves/2026/CVE-2026-1731.yaml
Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.
Advisories 2
- WID-SEC-2026-0331 BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access und Remote Support: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Codeausführung BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Feb 25, 2026
- NCSC-2026-0048 Kwetsbaarheid verholpen in BeyondTrust Remote Support NCSC-NL (Netherlands) · Feb 13, 2026