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CVE-2023-49944

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-12-25 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The Challenge Response feature of BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows (PMfW) before 2023-07-14 allows local administrators to bypass this feature by decrypting the shared key, or by locating the decrypted shared key in process memory. The threat is mitigated by the Agent Protection feature.

Affected products

• BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows: before 2023-07-14 — fixed in 2023-07-14

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows 2023-07-14. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.beyondtrust.com/security
• https://www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt23-08
• https://www.beyondtrust.com/security
• https://www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt23-08

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