CVE-2026-14172CWE-250
Rapid7 InsightVM, Nexpose, and Insight Agent Local Privilege Escalation via Unvalidated Executable Invocation
High · published July 24, 2026
What it is
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.
The record
Technical detail
- CVSS v3.1
- 7.8 · HIGH
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS v4.0
- Not supplied
- EPSS
- 0.00157 · 4.5th percentile
- Weakness
- CWE-250 · Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
- Published
- 2026-07-24T05:51Z
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