CVE-2019-5645

CVE-2019-5645CVE-2019-5645

rapid7 / metasploit

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.

Scoring

CVSS 7.5 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Last modified2026-10-23
Sourced from NVD. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.