{"id":"CVE-2026-7373","aliases":["EUVD-2026-30498","GHSA-q6qj-wmmg-cc85"],"status":"published","title":"Metasploit Pro on Windows: Local Privilege Escalation via OpenSSL Configuration File Loading","description":"Rapid7 Metasploit Pro is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation attack that allows a user to gain SYSTEM level control of a Windows host. When started the metasploitPostgreSQL service would start the postgres.exe child process which would in turn load an OpenSSL configuration file from a static location. This static location would be writable by a pre-existing \"vagrant\" user, if they already existed on the system. Metasploit does not create local accounts, an Administrator would need to create it. By planting a crafted openssl.cnf file an attacker can trick the high-privilege service into executing arbitrary commands. This effectively permits the unprivileged vagrant user to bypass security controls and achieve a full host compromise under the agent's SYSTEM level access.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":8.5,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:P","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.0017,"percentile":0.06451,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-284","CWE-427","CWE-829"],"published":"2026-05-15T02:06:21Z","modified":"2026-10-26T14:10:00Z","products":[{"vendor":"rapid7","product":"metasploit pro"}],"references":[{"url":"https://docs.rapid7.com/insight/release-notes-5.0.0-2026051301/#:~:text=Pro%3A%20We%20fixed,vulnerability%20to%20Rapid7.","tags":["release-notes"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7373"},{"url":"https://docs.rapid7.com/insight/metasploit-pro-release-notes"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q6qj-wmmg-cc85"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-7373","title":"Metasploit Pro on Windows: Local Privilege Escalation via OpenSSL Configuration File Loading","description":"Rapid7 Metasploit Pro is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation attack that allows a user to gain SYSTEM level control of a Windows host. When started the metasploitPostgreSQL service would start the postgres.exe child process which would in turn load an OpenSSL configuration file from a static location. This static location would be writable by a pre-existing \"vagrant\" user, if they already existed on the system. Metasploit does not create local accounts, an Administrator would need to create it. By planting a crafted openssl.cnf file an attacker can trick the high-privilege service into executing arbitrary commands. This effectively permits the unprivileged vagrant user to bypass security controls and achieve a full host compromise under the agent's SYSTEM level access.","status":"published","published":"2026-05-15T02:06:21.328Z","modified":"2026-05-19T22:43:41.249Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.5,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:P","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-829","CWE-427","CWE-284"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:20:05.830416Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-30498","description":"Rapid7 Metasploit Pro is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation attack that allows a user to gain SYSTEM level control of a Windows host. When started the metasploitPostgreSQL service would start the postgres.exe child process which would in turn load an OpenSSL configuration file from a static location. This static location would be writable by a pre-existing \"vagrant\" user, if they already existed on the system. Metasploit does not create local accounts, an Administrator would need to create it. By planting a crafted openssl.cnf file an attacker can trick the high-privilege service into executing arbitrary commands. This effectively permits the unprivileged vagrant user to bypass security controls and achieve a full host compromise under the agent's SYSTEM level access.","status":"published","published":"2026-05-15T02:06:21Z","modified":"2026-05-19T22:43:41Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.5,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:P","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T18:21:15.217097Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-q6qj-wmmg-cc85","title":"Rapid7 Metasploit Pro is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation attack that allows users to...","description":"Rapid7 Metasploit Pro is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation attack that allows users to gain SYSTEM level control of a Windows host. Upon startup the metasploitPostgreSQL service the subsequent  postgres.exe service attempts to load an OpenSSL configuration file from a non-existent directory that is writable by standard users. By planting a crafted openssl.cnf file an attacker can trick the high-privilege service into executing arbitrary commands. This effectively permits an unprivileged user to bypass security controls and achieve a full host compromise under the agent's SYSTEM level access.","status":"published","published":"2026-05-15T03:30:37Z","modified":"2026-05-18T03:32:50Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.5,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-284"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:08:11.468783Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-7373","description":"Rapid7 Metasploit Pro is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation attack that allows a user to gain SYSTEM level control of a Windows host. When started the metasploitPostgreSQL service would start the postgres.exe child process which would in turn load an OpenSSL configuration file from a static location. This static location would be writable by a pre-existing \"vagrant\" user, if they already existed on the system. Metasploit does not create local accounts, an Administrator would need to create it. By planting a crafted openssl.cnf file an attacker can trick the high-privilege service into executing arbitrary commands. This effectively permits the unprivileged vagrant user to bypass security controls and achieve a full host compromise under the agent's SYSTEM level access.","status":"published","published":"2026-05-15T03:16:23.27Z","modified":"2026-10-26T14:10:00.13Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.5,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-284","CWE-427","CWE-829"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:19.39893Z"}]}}