Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 24, 2026· Updated Jul 25, 2026
Rapid7 InsightVM, Nexpose, and Insight Agent Local Privilege Escalation via Unvalidated Executable Invocation
CVE-2026-14172
Description
Rapid7 InsightVM, Nexpose, and the Insight Agent execute discovered executables during authenticated assessment without validating file ownership, allowing a local low-privileged user to run code as the scan credential (Scan Engine) or as root/SYSTEM (Insight Agent). Fixed in Scan Engine content 1.1.3935 and Insight Agent content component 0.0.245.0.
Affected products
3- Range: = 0.0.245.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- docs.rapid7.com/insight/release-notes-2026-july/mitrerelease-notes
- docs.rapid7.com/insight/release-notes-2026-july/mitrerelease-notes
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