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TI-2017-03354 Aliases CVE-2017-5243GHSA-p52h-rp33-x9gq

Broken or risky cryptographic algorithm in Rapid7 Nexpose hardware appliance

Priority LOW 37CWE-327Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-327.

Summary

The default SSH configuration in Rapid7 Nexpose hardware appliances shipped before June 2017 does not specify desired algorithms for key exchange and other important functions. As a result, it falls back to allowing ALL algorithms supported by the relevant version of OpenSSH and makes the installations vulnerable to a range of MITM, downgrade, and decryption attacks.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00507 43rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Rapid7Nexpose hardware applianceAll Nexpose hardware appliances shipped before June 2017.—No fix listedCNA
  • Nexpose hardware appliance VendorRapid7 Affected All Nexpose hardware appliances shipped before June 2017. Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:nexpose:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 6.4.40VulnerableRapid7
  • cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:nexpose:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 6.4.40 Vulnerable ·Rapid7

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-5243
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p52h-rp33-x9gq

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2017-03371 Cross-site request forgery in Rapid7 Nexpose CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-01595 Rapid7 Nexpose Forced Browsing CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-00668 Rapid7 Nexpose SQL Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2019-03994 Rapid7 Nexpose/InsightVM Security Console CSRF CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2019-04002 Rapid7 Nexpose Insufficient Session Management CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2020-05966 SQL Injection in Rapid7 Nexpose CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
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Sources

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