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{"timestamp":"2026-06-25T13:34:21.564743Z","id":"CVE-2026-8666","options":[{"exploitation":"none"},{"automatable":"no"},{"technicalImpact":"partial"}],"role":"CISA Coordinator","version":"2.0.3"}

OS Command Injection vulnerability in the traceroute action of Rapid7 InsightConnect Traceroute Plugin on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via the host, port, max_ttl, count, or time_out request parameters due to insufficient input validation when constructing shell commands.

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

CWE-78

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

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