CVE-2017-5243 | BDVDB-2026-86141 Detail
Rapid7Nexpose hardware appliance
Description#
The default SSH configuration in Rapid7 Nexpose hardware appliances shipped before June 2017 does not specify desired algorithms for key exchange and other important functions. As a result, it falls back to allowing ALL algorithms supported by the relevant version of OpenSSH and makes the installations vulnerable to a range of MITM, downgrade, and decryption attacks.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
- CWE-327 (Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm)
References#
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.