CVE•Published 2026-07-24•Modified 2026-07-30•0 articles on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-14172
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
7.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
1
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 99% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Rapid7 InsightVM, Nexpose, and the Insight Agent execute discovered executables during authenticated assessment without validating file ownership, allowing a local low-privileged user to run code as the scan credential (Scan Engine) or as root/SYSTEM (Insight Agent). Fixed in Scan Engine content 1.1.3935 and Insight Agent content component 0.0.245.0.
Timeline
Published 2026-07-24
Modified 2026-07-30
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-14172Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-14172Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-14172Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-14172GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-14172" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (1)
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