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CVE-2026-40140

High-Severity Pre-Authentication Vulnerability in BeyondTrust Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access

Published: Jul 6, 2026Updated: Jul 7, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-400
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.6%
Top 57.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

BeyondTrust Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access contain a high-severity pre-authentication vulnerability in the network communication subsystem. Insufficient validation of client-supplied input may allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to trigger a denial-of-service condition affecting appliance availability.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-400

Affected Products

BeyondTrust
commercial·USaka privileged remote access, remote support, beyondtrust privilege management
Privileged Remote AccessOn-prem
Security Products / identity-access-mgmt
Remote SupportOn-prem
Security Products / identity-access-mgmt
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt26-03
beyondtrust.com
News mentions
3

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