CVE-2017-5242 describes a vulnerability in Nexpose and InsightVM virtual appliances downloaded between April 5th and May 3rd, 2017, where all instances shared identical SSH host keys instead of generating unique ones. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.7) has a network attack vector with high attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and could lead to high confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2017-04-05, <= 2017-05-03CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:insightvm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.