CVE-2022-4261

Rapid7 Nexpose and InsightVM versions prior to 6.6.172 failed to reliably validate the authenticity of update contents. This failure could allow an attacker to provide a malicious update and alter the functionality of Rapid7 Nexpose. The attacker would need some pre-existing mechanism to provide a malicious update, either through a social engineering effort, privileged access to replace downloaded updates in transit, or by performing an Attacker-in-the-Middle attack on the update service itself.

CVSS v3.0 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://docs.rapid7.com/release-notes/nexpose/20221207/	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2022/12/7/cve-2022-4261-rapid7-nexpose-update-validation-issue-fixed	Exploit Mitigation Vendor Advisory
https://docs.rapid7.com/release-notes/insightvm/20221207/	Release Notes Vendor Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:insightvm::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:nexpose::::::::

Information

Published : 2022-12-07 16:15

Updated : 2022-12-12 09:09

NVD link : CVE-2022-4261

Mitre link : CVE-2022-4261

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-494

Download of Code Without Integrity Check

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Products Affected

rapid7

nexpose
insightvm

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