High severity8.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 6, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-5243
CVE-2017-5243
Description
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.
Affected products
2- Rapid7/Nexpose hardware appliancev5Range: All Nexpose hardware appliances shipped before June 2017.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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