CVE-2026-7373 (GCVE-0-2026-7373)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-15 02:06 – Updated: 2026-05-19 22:43
VLAI?
Title
Metasploit Pro on Windows: Local Privilege Escalation via OpenSSL Configuration File Loading
Summary
Rapid7 Metasploit Pro is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation attack that allows a user to gain SYSTEM level control of a Windows host. When started the metasploitPostgreSQL service would start the postgres.exe child process which would in turn load an OpenSSL configuration file from a static location. This static location would be writable by a pre-existing "vagrant" user, if they already existed on the system. Metasploit does not create local accounts, an Administrator would need to create it. By planting a crafted openssl.cnf file an attacker can trick the high-privilege service into executing arbitrary commands. This effectively permits the unprivileged vagrant user to bypass security controls and achieve a full host compromise under the agent's SYSTEM level access.
Severity ?
CWE
Assigner
References
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| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://docs.rapid7.com/insight/release-notes-5.0… | release-notes |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rapid7 | Metasploit Pro |
Affected:
5.0.0
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