Metasploit Wrap-Up 05/15/2026
2026-05-17T07:23:42Z•030b48af9b0b9e1c6c6b7747299e7a2f8e9c2c98ef8def3498345306fa81ec16
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What happened
Rapid7 roundup covering multiple high-impact security disclosures and research: Metasploit additions (including Vim plugin persistence and auxiliary modules for Marvell QConvergeConsole path traversal, GestioIP upload/backdoor, and a Dolibarr PHP-injection bypass), a Palo Alto PAN-OS signature verification/authentication bypass (CVE-2026-0265, High), and a critical Cisco Catalyst SD‑WAN Controller authentication bypass (CVE-2026-20182, CVSS 10.0) that allows unauthenticated attackers to become trusted peers. Additional coverage includes an enterprise intrusion using ModeloRAT via Microsoft T e
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