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CVE-2026-7373

Rapid7 Metasploit Pro is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation attack that allows a user to gain SYSTEM level control of a Windows host. When started the metasploitPostgreSQL service would start the postgres.exe child process which would in turn load an OpenSSL configuration file from a static location. This static location would be writable by a pre-existing "vagrant" user, if they already existed on the system. Metasploit does not create local accounts, an Administrator would need to crea
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:7c7a974176eeb3913a2ea677ae3f3a5aab737c4e747d58ef9cf767ab724c80a8
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

cwe · 3 assertions

{"cweId":"CWE-829","description":"CWE-829 Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1a5ab2cf9f0b8ddfcb1b0399a1d2e26862ceb34a58deaa4c7b9a7f2ba09250db · sha256:e94ae768029d2c7b… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

{"cweId":"CWE-427","description":"CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1a5ab2cf9f0b8ddfcb1b0399a1d2e26862ceb34a58deaa4c7b9a7f2ba09250db · sha256:e94ae768029d2c7b… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0

{"cweId":"CWE-284","description":"CWE-284 Improper Access Control","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1a5ab2cf9f0b8ddfcb1b0399a1d2e26862ceb34a58deaa4c7b9a7f2ba09250db · sha256:e94ae768029d2c7b… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/2/descriptions/0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","platforms":["Windows"],"product":"Metasploit Pro","vendor":"Rapid7","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"5.0.0","versionType":"custom"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1a5ab2cf9f0b8ddfcb1b0399a1d2e26862ceb34a58deaa4c7b9a7f2ba09250db · sha256:e94ae768029d2c7b… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"LOCAL","baseScore":8.5,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","exploitMaturity":"PROOF_OF_CONCEPT","privilegesRequired":"NONE","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","subConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","subIntegrityImpact":"HIGH","userInteraction":"NONE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:P","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"LOW","vulnConfidentialityImp…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1a5ab2cf9f0b8ddfcb1b0399a1d2e26862ceb34a58deaa4c7b9a7f2ba09250db · sha256:e94ae768029d2c7b… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

CWE assertions

3 source assertions
{"cweId":"CWE-829","description":"CWE-829 Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1a5ab2cf9f0b8ddfcb1b0399a1d2e26862ceb34a58deaa4c7b9a7f2ba09250db · sha256:e94ae768029d2c7b… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-427","description":"CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1a5ab2cf9f0b8ddfcb1b0399a1d2e26862ceb34a58deaa4c7b9a7f2ba09250db · sha256:e94ae768029d2c7b… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-284","description":"CWE-284 Improper Access Control","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1a5ab2cf9f0b8ddfcb1b0399a1d2e26862ceb34a58deaa4c7b9a7f2ba09250db · sha256:e94ae768029d2c7b… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/2/descriptions/0

Source references

1 source assertion
{"name":"Similar CVE Reference","tags":["release-notes"],"url":"https://docs.rapid7.com/insight/release-notes-5.0.0-2026051301/#:~:text=Pro%3A%20We%20fixed,vulnerability%20to%20Rapid7."}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1a5ab2cf9f0b8ddfcb1b0399a1d2e26862ceb34a58deaa4c7b9a7f2ba09250db · sha256:e94ae768029d2c7b… · /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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