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CVE-2026-121139

7.3 high

High (7.3) in rapid7 metasploit framework.

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The Rapid7 Metasploit msf-ws suffers from a missing authentication vulnerability whereby the REST API grants an unauthenticated "bootstrap" exemption so that the very first administrator can be created when the users table is empty. While the table is empty, POST /api/v1/users is exempt from authentication by design: the route handler calls warden.authenticate!(scope: :admin_api), which resolves to AdminApiToken. The inherited ApiToken#authenticate! short-circuits and returns success!() whenever msf.auth_initialized is false, without ever evaluating AdminApiToken's administrator check. In that state the endpoint creates a user — including an administrator — for an entirely unauthenticated caller. This issue has been fixed in version 6.5.9.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

7.3 high
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality
OWASP Top 10
A07:2025 Authentication Failures
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Affected

  • rapid7:metasploit framework

Attack patterns (CAPEC)

  • CAPEC-12 Choosing Message Identifier Likelihood: High · Severity: High
  • CAPEC-36 Using Unpublished Interfaces or Functionality Likelihood: Medium · Severity: High
  • CAPEC-62 Cross Site Request Forgery Likelihood: High · Severity: Very High
  • CAPEC-166 Force the System to Reset Values Severity: Medium
  • CAPEC-216 Communication Channel Manipulation

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