CVE-2026-14172: Rapid7 InsightVM, Nexpose, and Insight Agent Local Privilege Escalation via Unvalidated Executable Invocation
Rapid7 · InsightVM
Vendor fix available · Affected: Rapid7 InsightVM · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
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Higher than 4% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
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.
Affected products3
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- Rapid7 · InsightVMbefore 1.1.3935
- Rapid7 · Nexposebefore 1.1.3935
- Rapid7 · Insight Agentbefore 0.0.245.0
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