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CVE-2026-16895 Authentication Bypass in Metasploit JSON-RPC Service When DB Health Check Fails

🗓️ 27 Aug 2026 03:14:21Reported by rapid7Type 
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Authentication bypass in Metasploit JSON-RPC service via fail-open when db check fails.

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CVE-2026-16895
27 Aug 202603:14
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EUVD-2026-66836
27 Aug 202603:14
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CVE-2026-16895
27 Aug 202604:16
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[
  {
    "vendor": "Rapid7",
    "product": "Metasploit-framework",
    "packageName": "JSON-RPC",
    "repo": "https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/cd8cd0a52b519072bde513304c2a351a6f499b30/lib/msf/core/web_services/json_rpc_app.rb",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "6.5.2",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]

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