CVE-2022-41080, CVE-2022-41082: Rapid7 Observed Exploitation of `OWASSRF` in Exchange for RCE

Emergent threats evolve quickly, and as we learn more about this vulnerability, this blog post will evolve, too. Beginning December 20, 2022, Rapid7 has responded to an increase in the number of Microsoft Exchange server compromises. Further investigation aligned these attacks to what CrowdStrike...

[The Lost Bots] S02E06: Play “Experts or Scuttlebutt?” With Us

!\The Lost Bots\ S02E06: Play “Experts or Scuttlebutt?” With Ushttps://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2022/12/The-Lost-Bots-logo-large.png As the year winds down, Jeffrey Gardner, Detection and Response Practice Advisor and Stephen Davis, Lead D&R Sales Technical Advisor, collected predictions th...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, December 2022 Edition

Microsoft has released its final monthly batch of security updates for 2022, fixing more than four dozen security holes in its various Windows operating systems and related software. The most pressing patches include a zero-day in a Windows feature that tries to flag malicious files from the Web,...

CVE-2022-27518: Critical Fix Released for Exploited Citrix ADC, Gateway Vulnerability

Emergent threats evolve quickly, and as we learn more about this vulnerability, this blog post will evolve, too. On Tuesday, December 13, 2022, Citrix published Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway Security Bulletin for CVE-2022-27518 announcing fixes for a critical unauthenticated remote code execution...

Rapid7 Recognized as a Top Place to Work for 11th Consecutive Year

On November 30th, 2022, Rapid7 was again recognized by The Boston Globe as a Top Place to Work in Massachusetts. This marks the 11th consecutive year Rapid7 has made the list, this time coming in at 3 in the large company category. Top Places to Work rankings are based on a Globe survey that...

CVE-2022-4261

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 ...

CVE-2022-4261

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 ...

Design/Logic Flaw

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 ...

Rapid7 Nexpose 安全漏洞

Rapid7 Nexpose is a set of vulnerability management software from Rapid7, Inc. that can utilize scanning results to deeply probe the network. The software supports scanning the configuration environment for errors, vulnerabilities, malware, and more. A security vulnerability exists in Rapid7...

CVE-2022-4261: Rapid7 Nexpose Update Validation Issue (FIXED)

On November 14, 2022, Rapid7's product engineering team discovered that the mechanism in Nexpose and InsightVM used to validate the source of an update file was unreliable. This failure, which involved the internal cryptographic validation of received updates, was designated as CVE-2022-4261, and...

CVE-2022-4261 Rapid7 Nexpose Update Validation Issue

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 ...

CVE-2022-4261

Rapid7 Nexpose and InsightVM before 6.6.178 are affected by a certificate validation issue in the update process. The vulnerability arises from failing to validate the update server’s certificate when downloading updates, potentially enabling an attacker with network access (including through a c...

CVE-2022-4261 Rapid7 Nexpose Update Validation Issue

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 ...

ISO 27001 Certification: What it is and why it matters

Did you know that Rapid7 information security management system ISMS is ISO 27001 certified? This certification validates that our security strategy and processes meet very high standards. It underscores our commitment to corporate and customer data security. What is ISO 27001? ISO 27001 is an...

Rapid7 Integration For AWS Verified Access

Today at re:invent, Amazon Web Services AWS unveiled its new AWS Verified Access service, and we are thrilled to announce that InsightIDR — Rapid7’s next-gen SIEM and XDR — will support log ingestion from this new service when it is made generally available. What Is AWS Verified Access? AWS...

F5 BIG-IP iControl Remote Command Execution

This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule 'F5 BIG-IP iControl Authenticated RCE via RPM Creator', 'Description' = %q This module exploits a newline injection into an RPM .rpmspec file that...

Search Made Easy: InsightIDR’s Secret Weapon for Efficiency and Efficacy

By Matt Heidet Matt is a Senior Information Security Engineer at a Regional Financial Institution. He is a Customer and Guest Blogger for Rapid7 Have you ever groaned when divvying up incidents from a pen-test amongst an overworked team? Or maybe you’ve struggled to present how you adhere to...

Rapid7 and HashiCorp Partner to Secure Terraform-based Cloud Infrastructure Deployments

Welcome to the latest installment in our cloud security “shift-left” blog series. In our last post, we covered the importance of integrating cloud infrastructure security assessments into DevOps tools and enabling Infrastructure as Code IaC developers. This time, we’re focusing on Rapid7’s recent...

Rapid7 Takes Home 2 Awards and a Highly Commended Recognition at the 2022 Belfast Telegraph IT Awards

Rapid7 was honored at the Belfast Telegraph's annual IT Awards, Friday, taking home a pair of awards including the coveted “Best Place to Work in IT” in the large company category award, and the “Cyber Security Project of the Year” award, for groundbreaking machine learning research in applicatio...

CVE-2022-41622 and CVE-2022-41800 (FIXED): F5 BIG-IP and iControl REST Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Rapid7 discovered several vulnerabilities and exposures in F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ devices running a customized distribution of CentOS detailed in F5's Base Operating Systems support article. The affected products are detailed in the vendor advisories below: CVE-2022-41622: BIG-IP and BIG-IQ are...