CVE-2017-5242

Rapid7 Nexpose Virtual Appliance Duplicate SSH Host Key

CVSS 7.7 HIGHEPSS 0.4%CWE-321

Vexday Risk Score

21Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS 7.7EPSS 0.4%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

12 Jan 2023Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

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.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected products

Rapid7 · InsightVM Virtual Appliance Rapid7 · Nexpose Virtual Appliance

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References

https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2017/05/17/rapid7-nexpose-virtual-appliance-duplicate-ssh-host-key-cve-2017-5242/