What is CVE-2026-1568?

CVE-2026-1568 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Rapid7 Vulnerability Management, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.6/10. Published 2026-02-03.

How severe is CVE-2026-1568?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.6 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Rapid7 Vulnerability Management

CVE-2026-1568

Rapid7 InsightVM versions before 8.34.0 contain a signature verification issue on the Assertion Consumer Service (ACS) cloud endpoint that could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to InsightVM accounts setup via "Security Console" installations, resulting in full account takeover. The issue occurs due to the application processing these unsigned assertions and issuing session cookies that granted access to the targeted user accounts. This has been fixed in version 8.34.0 of InsightVM.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.001 (3.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.6 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Rapid7 Vulnerability Management — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

cve@rapid7.com

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-1568?: CVE-2026-1568 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Rapid7 Vulnerability Management, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.6/10. Published 2026-02-03.
How severe is CVE-2026-1568?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.6 out of 10.