CVE-2026-14172

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-24. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8(high)
EG Risk
35(Track)
EG Risk 35/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity78% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
1%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 24, 2026

Last Modified

July 25, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jul 24, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

July 2026 Release Notes | Insight Platform Administration Documentation

https://docs.rapid7.com/insight/release-notes-2026-july/#vulnerability-management-insightvm
generic

July 2026 Release Notes | Insight Platform Administration Documentation

https://docs.rapid7.com/insight/release-notes-2026-july/#rapid7-agent-insight-agent

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-14172(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 10× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-27 15:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-27 02:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-26 14:56 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-07-26 14:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-26 03:04 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-26 03:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-25 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-24 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-24 06:37 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-24 06:36 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-14172?
CVE-2026-14172 is a high vulnerability published on July 24, 2026. 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…
When was CVE-2026-14172 disclosed?
CVE-2026-14172 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 24, 2026, with the most recent update on July 25, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-14172 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-14172 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 98.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-14172?
CVE-2026-14172 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-14172?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-14172, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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