cve/2019/CVE-2019-5645.md

### [CVE-2019-5645](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-5645)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/404notf0und/CVE-Flow
- https://github.com/marcocastro100/Intrusion_Detection_System-Python