High · published September 1, 2020
By sending a specially crafted HTTP GET request to a listening Rapid7 Metasploit HTTP handler, an attacker can register an arbitrary regular expression. When evaluated, this malicious handler can either prevent new HTTP handler sessions from being established, or cause a resource exhaustion on the Metasploit server.
| Product | Versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| rapid7/metasploit | ≤ 5.0.27 | — |