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High severity · published Jul 24, 2026
CVE-2026-14172
Rapid7 InsightVM, Nexpose, and Insight Agent Local Privilege Escalation via Unvalidated Executable Invocation
7.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Rapid7 InsightVM, Nexpose, and the Insight Agent execute discovered executables during authenticated assessment without validating file ownership, allowing a local low-privileged user to run code as the scan credential (Scan Engine) or as root/SYSTEM (Insight Agent). Fixed in Scan Engine content 1.1.3935 and Insight Agent content component 0.0.245.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 5% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IA
Insight Agent · Rapid7
before 0.0.245.0 · source: vendor
IN
InsightVM · Rapid7
before 1.1.3935 · source: vendor
NE
Nexpose · Rapid7
before 1.1.3935 · source: vendor
Affected product
IA
Insight Agent
Rapid7
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14172
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-14172
docs.rapid7.com
https://docs.rapid7.com/insight/release-notes-2026-july/#rapid7-agent-insight-agent
docs.rapid7.com
https://docs.rapid7.com/insight/release-notes-2026-july/#vulnerability-management-insightvm
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