CVE-2026-16895

Description

A logic vulnerability (fail-open condition) has been identified within the Metasploit Framework's JSON-RPC web service interface. When an exception occurs during the database health check (db.check) and the environment variable MSF_WS_JSON_RPC_API_TOKEN is not explicitly set, the application resets the internal state flag msf.auth_initialized to false. The ApiToken Warden authentication strategy misinterprets this false value as an indicator that authentication is not initialized or required, thereby granting unauthenticated local access to the JSON-RPC request dispatcher.

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Produits concernés

• Rapid7 Metasploit-framework

Scores CVSS

Faiblesses (CWE)

• CWE-305

Références

• https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/21768
• https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/pt-metasploit-wrap-up-lot-of-summer-shells-and-fit-http-profiles/

Ailleurs

• NVD
• CVE.org
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup
• CERT-FR
• GitHub Advisories