CVE-2022-4261

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-4261
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-12-08 00:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:57:00 UTC
DescriptionRapid7 Nexpose and InsightVM versions prior to 6.6.172 failed to reliably validate the authenticity of update contents. This failure could allow an attacker to provide a malicious update and alter the functionality of Rapid7 Nexpose. The attacker would need some pre-existing mechanism to provide a malicious update, either through a social engineering effort, privileged access to replace downloaded updates in transit, or by performing an Attacker-in-the-Middle attack on the update service itself.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-494

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rapid7 Insightvm All All All All
Application Rapid7 Nexpose All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
InsightVM Release Notes CONFIRM docs.rapid7.com
Nexpose Release Notes CONFIRM docs.rapid7.com
CVE-2022-4261: Rapid7 Nexpose Update Validation Issue (FIXED) | Rapid7 Blog CONFIRM www.rapid7.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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