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CVE-2019-5645
Rapid7 Metasploit HTTP Handler Denial of Service
High7.5EPSS 49.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- rapid7
Description
By sending a specially crafted HTTP GET request to a listening Rapid7 Metasploit HTTP handler, an attacker can register an arbitrary regular expression. When evaluated, this malicious handler can either prevent new HTTP handler sessions from being established, or cause a resource exhaustion on the Metasploit server.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| rapid7CNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 49.2% · top 1.1% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected ≤ 5.0.27
References (3)
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/commit/5621d200ccf62e4a8f0dad80c1c74f4e0e52d86b (opens in a new tab)patch
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/11966 (opens in a new tab)patch
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/12433 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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