Answer in brief
CVE-2026-121139 records a High severity (CVSS 7.3) vulnerability in Rapid7 Metasploit Framework Web Service unauthenticated bootstrap window allows creation of an administrator account without authentication. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Rapid7/Metasploit Framework (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 7.3. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Rapid7/Metasploit Framework (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Rapid7/Metasploit Frameworkgeneric | >=0 <6.5.9 | 6.5.9 |
Published upstream
Nov 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Nov 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Nov 5, 2026
The Rapid7 Metasploit msf-ws suffers from a missing authentication vulnerability whereby the REST API grants an unauthenticated "bootstrap" exemption so that the very first administrator can be created when the users table is empty. While the table is empty, POST /api/v1/users is exempt from authentication by design: the route handler calls warden.authenticate!(scope: :admin_api), which resolves to AdminApiToken. The inherited ApiToken#authenticate! short-circuits and returns success!() whenever msf.auth_initialized is false, without ever evaluating AdminApiToken's administrator check. In that state the endpoint creates a user — including an administrator — for an entirely unauthenticated caller. This issue has been fixed in version 6.5.9.
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