What is GHSA-pwvq-pmm8-79h9?

GHSA-pwvq-pmm8-79h9 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Rapid7 InsightVM, Nexpose, and the Insight Agent execute discovered executables during...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-pwvq-pmm8-79h9 cover?

GHSA-pwvq-pmm8-79h9 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-14172. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-pwvq-pmm8-79h9?

GHSA-pwvq-pmm8-79h9 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-pwvq-pmm8-79h9HighCVSS 7.8

Rapid7 InsightVM, Nexpose, and the Insight Agent execute discovered executables during...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

July 24, 2026

Last Modified

July 24, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

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.

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14172
https://docs.rapid7.com/insight/release-notes-2026-july/#rapid7-agent-insight-agent
https://docs.rapid7.com/insight/release-notes-2026-july/#vulnerability-management-insightvm
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pwvq-pmm8-79h9