VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-5645

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability49.18%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-09-01
Last modified2026-10-23
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Primary references