What is CVE-2022-4261?

CVE-2022-4261 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rapid7 Insightvm, classified under Download of Code Without Integrity Check. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2022-12-08.

How severe is CVE-2022-4261?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Rapid7 Insightvm

CVE-2022-4261

Rapid7 Nexpose and InsightVM versions prior to 6.6.172 failed to reliably validate the authenticity of update contents. This failure could allow an attacker to provide a malicious update and alter the functionality of Rapid7 Nexpose. The a…

EPSS: 0.003 (23.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Rapid7 Insightvm — versions 0
Rapid7 Nexpose — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-494 — Download of Code Without Integrity Check

References

cve@rapid7.com (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
cve@rapid7.com (Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
cve@rapid7.com (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-4261?: CVE-2022-4261 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rapid7 Insightvm, classified under Download of Code Without Integrity Check. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2022-12-08.
How severe is CVE-2022-4261?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.