CVE-2026-8666

HIGH

OS Command Injection in Rapid7 InsightConnect Traceroute Plugin

Title source: cna

Description

OS Command Injection vulnerability in the traceroute action of Rapid7 InsightConnect Traceroute Plugin on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via the host, port, max_ttl, count, or time_out request parameters due to insufficient input validation when constructing shell commands.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory

https://extensions.rapid7.com/extension/traceroute

Scores

CVSS v3 7.7

EPSS 0.0067

EPSS Percentile 48.6%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-78

Status published

Products (3)

Rapid7/InsightConnect Traceroute Plugin < 1.0.3

Rapid7/InsightConnect Traceroute Plugin 1.0.3

rapid7/insightconnect_traceroute < 1.0.3

Published Jun 25, 2026

Tracked Since Jun 25, 2026