CVE-2026-16895

CVE-2026-16895 is a fail-open logic vulnerability in 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 internal flag msf.auth_initialize...

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

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 MSFWSJSONRPCAPITOKEN is not explicitly set, the application resets the...