Vulnerability Report

CVE-2023-23632

Title: Beyondtrust Privileged Remote Access Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2023-23632.

CWE Category CWE-287

Published Date Oct 12, 2023

Modified Date Nov 03, 2025

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.8 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.21%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2023-23632: 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.

Impacted Vendors

beyondtrust 1

Reference Links

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

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2023-23632 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

November 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 12, 2023 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.