CVE-2026-14172highCWE-250

CVE-2026-14172: high-severity vulnerability in Rapid7 InsightVM

Rapid7 InsightVM, Nexpose, and Insight Agent Local Privilege Escalation via Unvalidated Executable Invocation

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ssvc Trackcvss 7.8epss 0.2%
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Rapid7 · Insight AgentRapid7 · InsightVMRapid7 · Nexpose
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