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High · 7.8 CVE-2026-14172 EUVD-2026-48487GHSA-pwvq-pmm8-79h9

Rapid7 InsightVM, Nexpose, and Insight Agent Local Privilege Escalation via Unvalidated Executable Invocation

Published Jul 24, 2026 · Updated Jul 25, 2026 · Assigned by rapid7

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Rapid7 InsightVM < 1.1.3935 1.1.3935
Rapid7 Nexpose < 1.1.3935 1.1.3935
Rapid7 Insight Agent < 0.0.245.0 0.0.245.0

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