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
3(expand)+ 1 more
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: 5.0.27
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/12433nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
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