CVE-2026-8658 PUBLISHED

OS Command Injection in Rapid7 InsightConnect Tcpdump Plugin

Assigner: rapid7
Reserved: 15.05.2026 Published: 25.06.2026 Updated: 25.06.2026

OS Command Injection vulnerability in Rapid7 InsightConnect Tcpdump Plugin on Linux allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via the options or filter parameters due to insufficient input sanitization in shell command construction.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
CVSS Score: 6

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	Low
Privileges Required	High	Integrity Impact	High
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	Low

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	Rapid7
Product	InsightConnect Tcpdump Plugin
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 2.0.0 (excl.) Version 2.0.0 is unaffected

Credits

Jacob Steadman, Rapid7 finder
Jed Starr, Rapid7 finder

References

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

Problem Types

CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') CWE

Impacts

Remote Code Execution