Rapid7 Metasploit Framework vulnerabilities

1 vulnerability

Known vulnerabilities in Rapid7 Metasploit Framework, newest first, with CVSS severity, EPSS, KEV listings, ransomware use and the affected versions.

5.1MediumCVE-2026-16895rapid7 · metasploit-frameworkAuthentication Bypass in Metasploit JSON-RPC Service When DB Health Check FailsA 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 MSF_WS_JSON_RPC_API_TOKEN is not explicitly set, the application resets the internal state flag msf.auth_initialized to false. The ApiToken Warden authentication strategy misinterprets this false value as an indicator that authentication is not initialized or required, thereby granting unauthenticated local access to the JSON-RPC request dispatcher.EPSS0.16%