{"id":"CVE-2022-4261","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-4261","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:38:47.311Z","title":"Rapid7 Nexpose and InsightVM versions prior to 6.6.172 failed to reliably validate the authenticity of update contents.","description":"Rapid7 Nexpose and InsightVM versions prior to 6.6.172 failed to reliably validate the authenticity of update contents. This failure could allow an attacker to provide a malicious update and alter the functionality of Rapid7 Nexpose. The attacker would need some pre-existing mechanism to provide a malicious update, either through a social engineering effort, privileged access to replace downloaded updates in transit, or by performing an Attacker-in-the-Middle attack on the update service itself.\n\n","published":"2022-12-08T00:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T05:20:26.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@rapid7.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-494"],"affected":["rapid7/insightvm","rapid7/nexpose"],"epss":{"score":0.00323,"percentile":0.25131,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://docs.rapid7.com/release-notes/insightvm/20221207/","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@rapid7.com"},{"url":"https://docs.rapid7.com/release-notes/nexpose/20221207/","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@rapid7.com"},{"url":"https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2022/12/7/cve-2022-4261-rapid7-nexpose-update-validation-issue-fixed","tags":["Exploit","Mitigation","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@rapid7.com"},{"url":"https://docs.rapid7.com/release-notes/insightvm/20221207/","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://docs.rapid7.com/release-notes/nexpose/20221207/","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2022/12/7/cve-2022-4261-rapid7-nexpose-update-validation-issue-fixed","tags":["Exploit","Mitigation","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4261","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}