CVE-2026-40139 PUBLISHED

Critical Pre-Authentication Vulnerability in BeyondTrust Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access

Assigner: BT
Reserved: 09.04.2026 Published: 06.07.2026 Updated: 07.07.2026

A critical pre-authentication vulnerability exists in the authentication subsystem of BeyondTrust Remote Support. Improper processing of authentication requests may allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to bypass access controls and gain unauthorized access to the appliance, including accounts with elevated privileges. Exploitation requires a specific authentication configuration to be enabled.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 9.2

Product Status

Vendor BeyondTrust
Product Remote Support
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 25.3.2 (incl.)
Vendor BeyondTrust
Product Privileged Remote Access
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 25.3.2 (incl.)

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-115 Authentication Bypass