CVE-2026-14172
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.
Scoring
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS base score
- 7.8
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS probability
- 0.11%
- CWE
- CWE-250
- Published
- 2026-07-24
- Last modified
- 2026-07-25
Affected products
- Rapid7 InsightVM
- Rapid7 Nexpose
- Rapid7 Insight Agent
Weakness type
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