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)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-321 - Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Rapid7 Nexpose Virtual Appliance Affected: 2017.04.05 , < 2017.04.05* (custom)
Affected: 2017.05.03 , ≤ 2017.05.03 (custom)
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Rapid7 InsightVM Virtual Appliance Affected: 2017.04.05 , < 2017.04.05* (custom)
Affected: 2017.05.03 , ≤ 2017.05.03 (custom)
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Date Public
2017-08-19 00:00
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