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2 vulnerabilities found for Nexpose Virtual Appliance by Rapid7
CVE-2017-5242 (GCVE-0-2017-5242)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2023-01-12 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-08 14:20
VLAI
Title
Rapid7 Nexpose Virtual Appliance Duplicate SSH Host Key
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.
Severity
7.7 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-321 - Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rapid7 | Nexpose Virtual Appliance |
Affected:
2017.04.05 , < 2017.04.05*
(custom)
Affected: 2017.05.03 , ≤ 2017.05.03 (custom) |
|
| Rapid7 | InsightVM Virtual Appliance |
Affected:
2017.04.05 , < 2017.04.05*
(custom)
Affected: 2017.05.03 , ≤ 2017.05.03 (custom) |
Date Public
2017-08-19 00:00
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CVE-2017-5242 (GCVE-0-2017-5242)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-12 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-08 14:20
VLAI
Title
Rapid7 Nexpose Virtual Appliance Duplicate SSH Host Key
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.
Severity
7.7 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-321 - Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rapid7 | Nexpose Virtual Appliance |
Affected:
2017.04.05 , < 2017.04.05*
(custom)
Affected: 2017.05.03 , ≤ 2017.05.03 (custom) |
|
| Rapid7 | InsightVM Virtual Appliance |
Affected:
2017.04.05 , < 2017.04.05*
(custom)
Affected: 2017.05.03 , ≤ 2017.05.03 (custom) |
Date Public
2017-08-19 00:00
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