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FKIE_CVE-2017-5242

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-01-12 22:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:20
Severity
7.7 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
7.7 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
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.
References
cve@rapid7.comhttps://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2017/05/17/rapid7-nexpose-virtual-appliance-duplicate-ssh-host-key-cve-2017-5242/Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2017/05/17/rapid7-nexpose-virtual-appliance-duplicate-ssh-host-key-cve-2017-5242/Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
rapid7 insightvm *
To clipboard 

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