Is CVE-2026-14172 being exploited?

No public exploit is currently tracked.

How severe is CVE-2026-14172?

CVE-2026-14172 has a CVSS v3 severity of HIGH (7.8).

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CVE-2026-14172

Description

Rapid7 InsightVM, Nexpose, and the Insight Agent execute discovered executables during authenticated assessment without validating file ownership, allowing a local low-privileged user to run code as the scan credential (Scan Engine) or as root/SYSTEM (Insight Agent). Fixed in Scan Engine content 1.1.3935 and Insight Agent content component 0.0.245.0.