CVE-2017-5242 (GCVE-0-2017-5242)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-12 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-08 14:20
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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
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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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