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

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-14172
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerrapid7
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-07-24 07:16:32 UTC
Updated2026-07-30 14:15:31 UTC
DescriptionRapid7 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.001070000 probability, percentile 0.013020000 (date 2026-08-02)

Problem Types: CWE-250 | CWE-250 CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNACVSS7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Rapid7 InsightVM affected 1.1.3935 custom Windows, Linux, macOS
CNA Rapid7 Nexpose affected 1.1.3935 custom Windows, Linux, macOS
CNA Rapid7 Insight Agent affected 0.0.245.0 custom Windows, Linux, macOS

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
docs.rapid7.com/insight/release-notes-2026-july [email protected] docs.rapid7.com
docs.rapid7.com/insight/release-notes-2026-july [email protected] docs.rapid7.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Paul Miseiko of Rapid7 (en)

CNA: Patrick Fitzsimons of Rapid7 (en)

Additional Advisory Data

Solutions

CNA: Update to Scan Engine content version 1.1.3935 or later (InsightVM and Nexpose) and Insight Agent content component version 0.0.245.0 or later. Internet-connected deployments receive these fixes automatically via content updates. Air-gapped or offline deployments should apply the corresponding content update via the offline content update process.

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