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High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 1, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2019-5645

CVE-2019-5645

Description

By sending a specially crafted HTTP GET request to a listening Rapid7 Metasploit HTTP handler, an attacker can register an arbitrary regular expression. When evaluated, this malicious handler can either prevent new HTTP handler sessions from being established, or cause a resource exhaustion on the Metasploit server.

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Affected products

4
  • Rapid7/Metasploit2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=5.0.27
    • (no CPE)
  • Rapid7/Metasploit Frameworkllm-fuzzy2 versions
    (expand)+ 1 more
    • (no CPE)
    • (no CPE)range: 5.0.27

Patches

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