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TI-2026-07607 Aliases CVE-2026-8658GHSA-jpr4-h957-w6xg

OS Command Injection in Rapid7 InsightConnect Tcpdump Plugin

Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-78Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.

Summary

OS Command Injection vulnerability in Rapid7 InsightConnect Tcpdump Plugin on Linux allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via the options or filter parameters due to insufficient input sanitization in shell command construction.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01291 70th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed InsightConnect Tcpdump Plugin (Rapid7): 2.0.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Rapid7InsightConnect Tcpdump Pluginbefore 2.0.02.0.0Patch availableCNA
  • InsightConnect Tcpdump Plugin VendorRapid7 Affected before 2.0.0 Fixed in 2.0.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:insightconnect_tcpdump:*:*:*:*:*:rapid7:*:*before 2.0.0VulnerableRapid7
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onLinux
  • cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:insightconnect_tcpdump:*:*:*:*:*:rapid7:*:* Versions before 2.0.0 Vulnerable ·Rapid7
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA InsightConnect Tcpdump Plugin (Rapid7) Fixed in 2.0.0

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-8658
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jpr4-h957-w6xg

References

Advisory 1

Sources

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