CVE-2026-40140 (GCVE-0-2026-40140)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-06 16:13 – Updated: 2026-07-07 15:01
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
High-Severity Pre-Authentication Vulnerability in BeyondTrust Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access
Summary
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.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-07-06 18:55 UTC
CWE
- CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BeyondTrust | Remote Support |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 25.3.2
(custom)
|
|
| BeyondTrust | Privileged Remote Access |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 25.3.2
(custom)
|
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