Cloud Vulnerability DB
A community-led vulnerabilities database
Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-0217
CVE-2025-0217:
BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access Client vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) versions prior to 25.1 contain a local authentication bypass vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-0217. The vulnerability was discovered by Paul Szabo of the University of Sydney and was publicly disclosed on May 5, 2025. This security flaw affects the ShellJump session functionality within the PRA solution (SecurityOnline, NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified with CWE-287 (Improper Authentication) and has received a CVSS v4.0 base score of 7.3 (HIGH). The CVSS vector string is CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H, indicating local access requirements and high potential impact across various security metrics (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability enables local authenticated attackers to view connection details of ShellJump sessions that were initiated with external tools, potentially leading to unauthorized access to connected sessions. This could result in session hijacking and unauthorized control over critical systems and data (SecurityOnline).
Mitigation and workarounds
BeyondTrust has released version 25.1 as a fix for this vulnerability. Organizations using affected versions of PRA are strongly advised to upgrade to version 25.1 or later immediately to mitigate the risk (SecurityOnline).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
Free Vulnerability Assessment
Benchmark your Cloud Security Posture
Evaluate your cloud security practices across 9 security domains to benchmark your risk level and identify gaps in your defenses.
Additional Wiz resources
Get a personalized demo
Ready to see Wiz in action?
"Best User Experience I have ever seen, provides full visibility to cloud workloads."
David EstlickCISO
"Wiz provides a single pane of glass to see what is going on in our cloud environments."
Adam FletcherChief Security Officer
"We know that if Wiz identifies something as critical, it actually is."
Greg PoniatowskiHead of Threat and Vulnerability Management