CVE-2017-5242: Rapid7 Nexpose Virtual Appliance Duplicate SSH Host Key
Rapid7 · Nexpose Virtual Appliance
Vendor fix available · Affected: Rapid7 Nexpose Virtual Appliance · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 34% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
Nexpose and InsightVM virtual appliances downloaded between April 5th, 2017 and May 3rd, 2017 contain identical SSH host keys. Normally, a unique SSH host key should be generated the first time a virtual appliance boots.
Affected products2
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- Rapid7 · Nexpose Virtual Appliancefrom 2017.04.05 before 2017.04.05*; from 2017.05.03 up to and including 2017.05.03
- Rapid7 · InsightVM Virtual Appliancefrom 2017.04.05 before 2017.04.05*; from 2017.05.03 up to and including 2017.05.03
On the Atlas
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- Rapid7
- Published
- January 2023
CoverageNo articles yet
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