Rapid7 Nexpose Update Validation Issue
Rapid7 Nexpose and InsightVM versions prior to 6.6.172 failed to reliably validate the authenticity of update contents. This failure could allow an attacker to provide a malicious update and alter the functionality of Rapid7 Nexpose. The attacker would need some pre-existing mechanism to provide a malicious update, either through a social engineering effort, privileged access to replace downloaded updates in transit, or by performing an Attacker-in-the-Middle attack on the update service itself.
- Published
- Dec 7, 2022
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.3% · 23th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-494
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Report tools
Action score
26
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.3%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 6.5
- CNA · rapid7
- 4.4
- 2.1 point gap
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- rapid7 insightvmbefore 6.6.172
- rapid7 nexposebefore 6.6.172
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (rapid7). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Rapid7 InsightVM
- up to and including 6.6.171affected · semver
Rapid7 Nexpose
- up to and including 6.6.171affected · semver
Same product
rapid7: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2026-14172Rapid7 InsightVM, Nexpose, and Insight Agent Local Privilege Escalation via Unvalidated Executable Invocation31Monitor
- CVE-2017-5242Rapid7 Nexpose Virtual Appliance Duplicate SSH Host Key30Monitor
- CVE-2019-5615Rapid7 InsightVM Stored Credential Exposure26Monitor
- CVE-2023-0681Rapid7 Nexpose Uncontrolled URL Redirect24Monitor
- CVE-2024-6504Rapid7 InsightVM Protection Mechanism Failure21Monitor
- CVE-2021-3844Rapid7 InsightVM Insufficient Session Expiration21Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-494 · Download of Code Without Integrity CheckCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Software Integrity AttackCAPEC-184Low
- Malicious Software DownloadCAPEC-185Very High
- Malicious Software UpdateCAPEC-186High
- Malicious Automated Software Update via RedirectionCAPEC-187likelihood: High · High
- Malicious Manual Software UpdateCAPEC-533likelihood: Low · High
- Open-Source Library ManipulationCAPEC-538likelihood: Low · High
- Malicious Automated Software Update via SpoofingCAPEC-657likelihood: High · High
- Adversary in the Browser (AiTB)CAPEC-662likelihood: High · Very High
Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.