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CVE-2026-14172

Rapid7 InsightVM, Nexpose, and the Insight Agent execute discovered executables during authenticated assessment without validating file ownership, allowing a local low-privileged user to run code as the scan credential (Scan Engine) or as root/SYSTEM (Insight Agent). Fixed in Scan Engine content 1.1.3935 and Insight Agent content component 0.0.245.0.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:07bd58c8db8ab2b9cc019c0a3434229f5bb1713223582c6cfcb5ff473aca49d0
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

affected · 3 assertions

{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","platforms":["Windows","Linux","macOS"],"product":"InsightVM","vendor":"Rapid7","versions":[{"lessThan":"1.1.3935","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"custom"}]}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:616c501917b95f53a527f368e5d94a94d4cc0fcb0b848f2450f98a37e7407c43 · sha256:b30c160deeeccc12… · /containers/cna/affected/0

{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","platforms":["Windows","Linux","macOS"],"product":"Nexpose","vendor":"Rapid7","versions":[{"lessThan":"1.1.3935","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"custom"}]}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:616c501917b95f53a527f368e5d94a94d4cc0fcb0b848f2450f98a37e7407c43 · sha256:b30c160deeeccc12… · /containers/cna/affected/1

{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","platforms":["Windows","Linux","macOS"],"product":"Insight Agent","vendor":"Rapid7","versions":[{"lessThan":"0.0.245.0","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"custom"}]}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:616c501917b95f53a527f368e5d94a94d4cc0fcb0b848f2450f98a37e7407c43 · sha256:b30c160deeeccc12… · /containers/cna/affected/2

Affected products and versions

3 source assertions
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","platforms":["Windows","Linux","macOS"],"product":"InsightVM","vendor":"Rapid7","versions":[{"lessThan":"1.1.3935","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"custom"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:616c501917b95f53a527f368e5d94a94d4cc0fcb0b848f2450f98a37e7407c43 · sha256:b30c160deeeccc12… · /containers/cna/affected/0
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","platforms":["Windows","Linux","macOS"],"product":"Nexpose","vendor":"Rapid7","versions":[{"lessThan":"1.1.3935","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"custom"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:616c501917b95f53a527f368e5d94a94d4cc0fcb0b848f2450f98a37e7407c43 · sha256:b30c160deeeccc12… · /containers/cna/affected/1
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","platforms":["Windows","Linux","macOS"],"product":"Insight Agent","vendor":"Rapid7","versions":[{"lessThan":"0.0.245.0","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"custom"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:616c501917b95f53a527f368e5d94a94d4cc0fcb0b848f2450f98a37e7407c43 · sha256:b30c160deeeccc12… · /containers/cna/affected/2

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:616c501917b95f53a527f368e5d94a94d4cc0fcb0b848f2450f98a37e7407c43 · sha256:b30c160deeeccc12… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-250","description":"CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:616c501917b95f53a527f368e5d94a94d4cc0fcb0b848f2450f98a37e7407c43 · sha256:b30c160deeeccc12… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

2 source assertions
{"name":"Rapid7 Insight Agent Release Notes","tags":["release-notes"],"url":"https://docs.rapid7.com/insight/release-notes-2026-july/#rapid7-agent-insight-agent"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:616c501917b95f53a527f368e5d94a94d4cc0fcb0b848f2450f98a37e7407c43 · sha256:b30c160deeeccc12… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"Rapid7 InsightVM Release Notes","tags":["release-notes"],"url":"https://docs.rapid7.com/insight/release-notes-2026-july/#vulnerability-management-insightvm"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:616c501917b95f53a527f368e5d94a94d4cc0fcb0b848f2450f98a37e7407c43 · sha256:b30c160deeeccc12… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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