Rapid7 InsightVM Stored Credential Exposure
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-522.
Summary
Users with Site-level permissions can access files containing the username-encrypted passwords of Security Console Global Administrators and clear-text passwords for restoring backups, as well as the salt for those passwords. Valid credentials are required to access these files and malicious users would still need to perform additional work to decrypt the credentials and escalate privileges. This issue affects: Rapid7 InsightVM versions 6.5.11 through 6.5.49.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-5615
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vf4c-cmqm-2c6v
References
More Rapid7 Insightvm vulnerabilities
- TI-2017-03353 Rapid7 Nexpose Virtual Appliance Duplicate SSH Host Key CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.7
- TI-2022-03902 Rapid7 Nexpose Update Validation Issue CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2021-02775 Rapid7 InsightVM Insufficient Session Expiration CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.7
- TI-2023-00644 Rapid7 Nexpose Uncontrolled URL Redirect CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2024-06032 Rapid7 InsightVM Protection Mechanism Failure CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2019-04004 Rapid7 InsightVM Information Disclosure after Logout CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2019-5615 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-5615 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vf4c-cmqm-2c6v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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