Vulnerabilites related to Rapid7 - InsightVM Virtual Appliance
CVE-2017-5242 (GCVE-0-2017-5242)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-01-12 00:00
Modified
2025-04-08 14:20
CWE
  • CWE-321 - Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic 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.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Rapid7 Nexpose Virtual Appliance Version: 2017.04.05   < 2017.04.05*
Version: 2017.05.03   <
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   Rapid7 InsightVM Virtual Appliance Version: 2017.04.05   < 2017.04.05*
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