{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5242 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2017-5242 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2017-5242 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rapid7 InsightVM Virtual Appliance, published on 12 Jan 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2017-5242 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2017-5242 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rapid7 InsightVM Virtual Appliance, published on 12 Jan 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5242 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Rapid7 InsightVM Virtual Appliance. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5242/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5242/index.md)","id":"CVE-2017-5242","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5242/index.md","name":"CVE-2017-5242","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-w5c5-f46c-8j6x"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"configuration_change","impacts":["security_bypass"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Vulnerability Management Appliance","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Identical SSH host keys in Rapid7 Nexpose and InsightVM virtual appliances allow attackers to bypass SSH host verification and potentially intercept traffic.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"hardcoded_credentials"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"rapid7","cpe":[{"product":"insightvm","vendor":"rapid7"}],"cvss":{"score":7.7,"severity":"high","source":"cisa-adp","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-330","name":"Use of Insufficiently Random Values"},{"id":"CWE-321","name":"Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key"}],"description":"Nexpose and InsightVM virtual appliances downloaded between April 5th, 2017 and May 3rd, 2017 contain identical SSH host keys. Normally, a unique SSH host key should be generated the first time a virtual appliance boots.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Rapid7 Nexpose Virtual Appliance Duplicate SSH Host Key","id":"CVE-2017-5242","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"hardcoded_credentials","year":"2017"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Weak cryptography in Nexpose hardware appliance","id":"CVE-2017-5243"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in Secure File Transfer","id":"CVE-2017-5241"},"products":["InsightVM Virtual Appliance","Nexpose Virtual Appliance"],"published":"2023-01-12","related":[{"cvss_score":5.7,"headline":"Rapid7 InsightVM Insufficient Session Expiration","id":"CVE-2021-3844","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-03-24"},{"cvss_score":4.4,"headline":"Rapid7 Nexpose Update Validation Issue","id":"CVE-2022-4261","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-12-07"},{"cvss_score":4.3,"headline":"Rapid7 InsightVM Protection Mechanism Failure","id":"CVE-2024-6504","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-07-18"},{"cvss_score":4.3,"headline":"Rapid7 Nexpose Uncontrolled URL Redirect","id":"CVE-2023-0681","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-03-20"},{"cvss_score":3.3,"headline":"Rapid7 InsightVM Sensitive Information Exposure via URL","id":"CVE-2024-2745","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-04-02"},{"cvss_score":3.3,"headline":"Rapid7 InsightVM Information Disclosure after Logout","id":"CVE-2019-5641","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-09-21"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-04-08","vendors":["Rapid7"]},"summary":"Identical SSH host keys in Rapid7 Nexpose and InsightVM virtual appliances allow attackers to bypass SSH host verification and potentially intercept traffic.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5242/"}