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CVE-2026-8659: OS Command Injection in Rapid7 InsightConnect SQLmap Plugin

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-06-25 · updated 2026-10-25
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

OS Command Injection vulnerability in Rapid7 InsightConnect SQLmap Plugin on Linux allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via the api_host or api_port parameters during connection configuration due to insufficient input validation.

Affected products

• Rapid7 InsightConnect SQLmap Plugin: before 2.0.1 — fixed in 2.0.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Rapid7 InsightConnect SQLmap Plugin 2.0.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://extensions.rapid7.com/extension/sqlmap

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