CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-14172

7.8 HIGH Published 2026-07-24 Modified 2026-07-30 Official page ↗
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
2026-07-24
Last modified
2026-07-30
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-250

Description

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.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges weakness

References