CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-14172

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.11%

1th percentile - higher than 1% of all known CVEs

Summary

In Rapid7 InsightVM, Nexpose, and Insight Agent, discovered executables are executed 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).

Risk Assessment

A local attacker can escalate privileges to the scan account or root/SYSTEM, gaining full control over the system.

Recommendation

Update Scan Engine to version 1.1.3935 and Insight Agent to version 0.0.245.0 or later.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS