CVE-2023-23632 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) versions 22.2.x to 22.4.x are vulnerable to a local authentication bypass. Attackers can exploit a flawed secret verification process in the BYOT shell jump sessions, allowing unauthorized access to jump items by guessing only the first character of the secret.

Published: 2023-10-12

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:privileged_remote_access:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00008.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/May/1
https://www.compass-security.com/fileadmin/Research/Advisories/2023_03_CSNC-2022-018_PRA_Privilege_Escalation.txt

History

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/May/1

Wed, 18 Sep 2024 15:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Beyondtrust Privileged Remote Access

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-10-12T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-11-03T19:27:59.824Z

Reserved: 2023-01-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-23632

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-03T19:27:59.824Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-12T20:15:12.187

Modified: 2025-11-03T20:15:59.943

Link: CVE-2023-23632

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-287

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