What is CVE-2017-5242?

CVE-2017-5242 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rapid7 Insightvm, classified under Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2023-01-12.

How severe is CVE-2017-5242?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Rapid7 Insightvm

CVE-2017-5242

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.

Published 2023-01-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (30.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-23.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 30.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Rapid7 Insightvm
Rapid7 Insightvm Virtual Appliance — versions 2017.04.05, 2017.05.03
Rapid7 Nexpose Virtual Appliance — versions 2017.04.05, 2017.05.03

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2017/05/17/rapid7-nexpose-virtual-appliance-duplicate-… (Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5242?: CVE-2017-5242 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rapid7 Insightvm, classified under Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2023-01-12.
How severe is CVE-2017-5242?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.