CVE-2019-5642

3.3 lowEPSS 0.3%

Rapid7 Metasploit Pro version 4.16.0-2019081901 and prior suffers from an instance of CWE-732, wherein the unique server.key is written to the file system during installation with world-readable permissions. This can allow other users of the same system where Metasploit Pro is installed to intercept otherwise private communications to the Metasploit Pro web interface.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

3.3 low

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 23% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-732
Published: 2019-11-06
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

rapid7:metasploit

References

https://help.rapid7.com/metasploit/release-notes/?rid=4.16.0-2019091001
https://help.rapid7.com/metasploit/release-notes/?rid=4.16.0-2019091001

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