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TI-2026-78616 Aliases CVE-2026-109681

Server-side request forgery in Metasploit Framework FTP client

Priority LOW 21CWE-918Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-918 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Metasploit Framework before 6.5.7 is affected. The FTP client accepts the IP address and port in a server's PASV response without checking them against the control connection target, which is a server-side request forgery (CWE-918). A rogue FTP server can make the operator's machine open a TCP connection to any host if a user connects to it.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

Description from the CNA

The FTP client trusts the server's PASV response IP:port without validation against the control connection target. A rogue FTP server can specify any IP:port in the 227 Passive Mode response, causing the operator's machine to open a TCP connection to an arbitrary host.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00201 10th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Metasploit Framework (Rapid7): 6.5.7

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
Rapid7Metasploit Frameworkbefore 6.5.76.5.7Patch availableCNA
  • Metasploit Framework VendorRapid7 Affected before 6.5.7 Fixed in 6.5.7 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Rapid7
  • cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Rapid7

Remediation

Upgrade Metasploit Framework to version 6.5.7 or later.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

  • Fix · CNA Metasploit Framework (Rapid7) Fixed in 6.5.7

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Rapid7 Metasploit Framework 6.5.7

    2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-78617 Server-side request forgery in Metasploit Framework HTTP redirectsPriority LOW 21
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-21 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-109681
  2. 2026-10-28 CISA SSVC decision points changed

References

Patch 1

  • TI-2023-01233 Rapid7 InsightCloudSec resource.db() method access CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-01231 Rapid7 InsightCloudSec getattr() method access CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-01232 Rapid7 InsightCloudSec box object access CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2024-00358 Rapid7 Minerva Armor Privilege Escalation CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2024-02985 Rapid7 Insight Agent Sensitive Key Exposed To Local Users CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2019-04008 Rapid7 Metasploit HTTP Handler Denial of Service CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
See all 139 →

Sources

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