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GHSA-W5C5-F46C-8J6X

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-01-13 00:30 – Updated: 2025-04-08 15:30

Details

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

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  "id": "GHSA-w5c5-f46c-8j6x",
  "modified": "2025-04-08T15:30:38Z",
  "published": "2023-01-13T00:30:39Z",
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CVE-2017-5242 (GCVE-0-2017-5242)

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

Summary

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

rapid7

References

URL

Tags

https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2017/05/17/rapid…

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)

Rapid7

InsightVM Virtual Appliance

Affected: 2017.04.05 , < 2017.04.05* (custom)
Affected: 2017.05.03 , ≤ 2017.05.03 (custom)

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-W5C5-F46C-8J6X

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

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