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Fencer Intel
high 7.7

CVE-2017-5242 json

Rapid7 Nexpose Virtual Appliance Duplicate SSH Host Key

published 2023-01-12 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-14347

cvss
7.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 32%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
19 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CNA 3.1 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected products

  • Rapid7 Nexpose Virtual Appliance
  • Rapid7 InsightVM Virtual Appliance

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-321 Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
  • CWE-330 Use of Insufficiently Random Values

References

Sources

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