High severity · published Jul 6, 2026
CVE-2026-40138
Critical Pre-Authentication Vulnerability in BeyondTrust Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access
8.1
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A critical pre-authentication vulnerability exists in the authentication subsystem of BeyondTrust Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access. Improper validation of authentication data may allow a network-positioned 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
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RS
Remote Support · BeyondTrust
through 25.3.2 · source: vendor, NVD
In the news
VulnerabilityCritical
BeyondTrust Patches Critical Auth Bypass Flaws in Remote Support and PRA
BeyondTrust has released updates to address two critical security flaws affecting Remote Support (RS) and Privileged Remote Access (PRA) products that, if successfully exploited, could allow unauthenticated attackers to take control of susceptible devices.
The vulnerabilities are listed below -
CVE-2026-40138 (CVSS score: 9.2) - A pre-authentication vulnerability exists in the
Jul 7, 2026·The Hacker News
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40138
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40138
Vendor Advisory
https://www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt26-03
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