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CVE-2024-6504: Rapid7 InsightVM Protection Mechanism Failure

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-07-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-770

Description

Rapid7 InsightVM Console versions below 6.6.260 suffer from a protection mechanism failure whereby an attacker with network access to the InsightVM Console can cause it to overload or crash by sending repeated invalid REST requests in a short timeframe, to the Console's port 443 causing the console to enter an exception handling logging loop, exhausting the CPU. There is no indication that an attacker can use this method to escalate privilege, acquire unauthorized access to data, or gain control of protected resources. This issue is fixed in version 6.6.261.

Affected products

• Rapid7 InsightVM: before 6.6.261 — fixed in 6.6.261

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Rapid7 InsightVM 6.6.261. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://docs.rapid7.com/release-notes/insightvm/20240717/
• https://docs.rapid7.com/release-notes/insightvm/20240717/

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