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Medium severity4.4NVD Advisory· Published Dec 8, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-4261

CVE-2022-4261

Description

Rapid7 Nexpose and InsightVM versions prior to 6.6.172 failed to reliably validate the authenticity of update contents. This failure could allow an attacker to provide a malicious update and alter the functionality of Rapid7 Nexpose. The attacker would need some pre-existing mechanism to provide a malicious update, either through a social engineering effort, privileged access to replace downloaded updates in transit, or by performing an Attacker-in-the-Middle attack on the update service itself.

Affected products

6
  • Rapid7/InsightVM3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:insightvm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:insightvm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <6.6.172
    • (no CPE)range: <6.6.172
    • (no CPE)range: 0
  • Rapid7/Nexpose3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:nexpose:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:nexpose:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <6.6.172
    • (no CPE)range: <6.6.172
    • (no CPE)range: 0

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

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