CVE-2022-3913 — Rapid7 Nexpose and InsightVM versions 6

Rapid7 Nexpose and InsightVM versions 6.6.82 through 6.6.177 fail to validate the certificate of the update server when downloading updates. This failure could allow an attacker in a privileged position on the network to provide their own HTTPS endpoint, or intercept communicatio

01What is this vulnerability?

Rapid7 Nexpose and InsightVM versions 6.6.82 through 6.6.177 fail to validate the certificate of the update server when downloading updates. This failure could allow an attacker in a privileged position on the network to provide their own HTTPS endpoint, or intercept communications to the legitimate endpoint. The attacker would need some pre-existing access to at least one node on the network…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Rapid7	Nexpose	6.6.82
Rapid7	InsightVM	6.6.82

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-02-01T21:52:21.959Z
• Last modified: 2025-03-26T15:05:18.697Z

09References

• docs.rapid7.com — https://docs.rapid7.com/release-notes/nexpose/20230201/
• www.rapid7.com — https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2022/12/07/cve-2022-4261-rapid7-nexpose-update-…