module not found error in msfconsole

[C4ssif3r]

Hi rapid7 team ! I have this error when type msfconsole in my terminal... Error :

rake aborted!
NoMethodError: undefined method `>' for nil:NilClass
/usr/share/metasploit-framework/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.0.0/gems/zeitwerk-2.6.0/lib/zeitwerk/kernel.rb:35:in `require'
/usr/share/metasploit-framework/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.0.0/gems/zeitwerk-2.6.0/lib/zeitwerk/kernel.rb:35:in `require'
/usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/bundler-2.3.15/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:60:in `block (2 levels) in require'
/usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/bundler-2.3.15/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:55:in `each'
/usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/bundler-2.3.15/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:55:in `block in require'
/usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/bundler-2.3.15/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:44:in `each'
/usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/bundler-2.3.15/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:44:in `require'
/usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/bundler-2.3.15/lib/bundler.rb:187:in `require'
/usr/share/metasploit-framework/config/application.rb:13:in `<top (required)>'
/usr/share/metasploit-framework/Rakefile:2:in `require'
/usr/share/metasploit-framework/Rakefile:2:in `<top (required)>'
/usr/share/metasploit-framework/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.0.0/gems/rake-13.0.6/exe/rake:27:in `<top (required)>'
(See full trace by running task with --trace)

[bcoles]

module not found error in msfconsole

Where does the "module not found" error come from? This message is not shown in the stack trace.

[github-actions[bot]]

It looks like there's not enough information to replicate this issue. Please provide any relevant output and logs which may be useful in diagnosing the issue.

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• All of the item points within this template
• The result of the debug command in your Metasploit console
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• Exact replication steps

The easier it is for us to replicate and debug an issue means there's a higher chance of this issue being resolved.

[kwyxz]

I am seeing this very same error in the latest Kali Linux trying to initialize the db. To replicate : msfdb reinit as root.

┌──(kwyxz㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ sudo msfdb reinit        
[i] Database already started
[+] Dropping databases 'msf'
[+] Dropping databases 'msf_test'
[+] Dropping database user 'msf'
[+] Deleting configuration file /usr/share/metasploit-framework/config/database.yml
[+] Stopping database
[+] Starting database
[+] Creating database user 'msf'
[+] Creating databases 'msf'
[+] Creating databases 'msf_test'
[+] Creating configuration file '/usr/share/metasploit-framework/config/database.yml'
[+] Creating initial database schema
rake aborted!
NoMethodError: undefined method `>' for nil:NilClass
/usr/share/metasploit-framework/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.0.0/gems/zeitwerk-2.6.1/lib/zeitwerk/kernel.rb:35:in `require'
/usr/share/metasploit-framework/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.0.0/gems/zeitwerk-2.6.1/lib/zeitwerk/kernel.rb:35:in `require'
/usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/bundler-2.3.15/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:60:in `block (2 levels) in require'
/usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/bundler-2.3.15/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:55:in `each'
/usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/bundler-2.3.15/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:55:in `block in require'
/usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/bundler-2.3.15/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:44:in `each'
/usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/bundler-2.3.15/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:44:in `require'
/usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/bundler-2.3.15/lib/bundler.rb:187:in `require'
/usr/share/metasploit-framework/config/application.rb:13:in `<top (required)>'
/usr/share/metasploit-framework/Rakefile:2:in `require'
/usr/share/metasploit-framework/Rakefile:2:in `<top (required)>'
/usr/share/metasploit-framework/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.0.0/gems/rake-13.0.6/exe/rake:27:in `<top (required)>'
(See full trace by running task with --trace)

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[gwillcox-r7]

Not seeing any issues on this on my Ubuntu install, is this still occurring with latest release?

~/git/metasploit-framework │master *1 ?16> ./msfdb reinit
[?] Would you like to reinit the webservice? (Not Required) [no]: 
[?] Would you like to delete your existing data and configurations? []: 
Please answer yes or no.
[?] Would you like to delete your existing data and configurations? []: no
Clearing http web data service credentials in msfconsole
Running the 'reinit' command for the database:
MSF web service is no longer running
Existing database found, attempting to start it
Starting database at /home/gwillcox/.msf4/db...success
~/git/metasploit-framework │master *1 ?16 >

[gwillcox-r7]

Huh thats odd, so just downloaded a fresh install of Kali Linux Weekly rollout and tried replicating this, but was unable to:

┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ msfupdate
msfupdate is no longer supported when Metasploit is part of the operating
system. Please use 'apt update; apt install metasploit-framework'
                                                                             
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ apt update; apt install metasploit-framework
Reading package lists... Done
E: List directory /var/lib/apt/lists/partial is missing. - Acquire (13: Permission denied)
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), are you root?
                                                                             
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ sudo apt update; sudo apt install metasploit-framework
[sudo] password for kali: 
Get:1 http://mirrors.jevincanders.net/kali kali-rolling InRelease [30.6 kB]
Get:2 http://mirrors.jevincanders.net/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 Packages [18.9 MB]
Get:3 http://mirrors.jevincanders.net/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 Contents (deb) [43.6 MB]
Get:4 http://mirrors.jevincanders.net/kali kali-rolling/contrib amd64 Packages [113 kB]
Get:5 http://mirrors.jevincanders.net/kali kali-rolling/contrib amd64 Contents (deb) [167 kB]
Get:6 http://mirrors.jevincanders.net/kali kali-rolling/non-free amd64 Packages [239 kB]
Get:7 http://mirrors.jevincanders.net/kali kali-rolling/non-free amd64 Contents (deb) [906 kB]
Fetched 64.0 MB in 23s (2,731 kB/s)                                         
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
74 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
  clamav clamav-daemon
The following packages will be upgraded:
  metasploit-framework
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 73 not upgraded.
Need to get 153 MB of archives.
After this operation, 7,192 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://mirrors.jevincanders.net/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 metasploit-framework amd64 6.2.30-0kali1 [153 MB]
Fetched 153 MB in 9s (17.8 MB/s)                                            
(Reading database ... 396465 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../metasploit-framework_6.2.30-0kali1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking metasploit-framework (6.2.30-0kali1) over (6.2.29-0kali1) ...
Setting up metasploit-framework (6.2.30-0kali1) ...
Processing triggers for kali-menu (2022.4.1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.11.1-1) ...
                                                                             
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ msfdb     

Manage the metasploit framework database

You can use an specific port number for the
PostgreSQL connection setting the PGPORT variable
in the current shell.

Example: PGPORT=5433 msfdb init

  msfdb init     # start and initialize the database
  msfdb reinit   # delete and reinitialize the database
  msfdb delete   # delete database and stop using it
  msfdb start    # start the database
  msfdb stop     # stop the database
  msfdb status   # check service status
  msfdb run      # start the database and run msfconsole

                                                                             
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ msfdb init
[-] Error: /usr/bin/msfdb must be run as root
                                                                             
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ 
                                                                             
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ sudo msfdb reinit
[+] Starting database
[+] Deleting configuration file /usr/share/metasploit-framework/config/database.yml
[+] Stopping database
[+] Starting database
[+] Creating database user 'msf'
[+] Creating databases 'msf'
[+] Creating databases 'msf_test'
[+] Creating configuration file '/usr/share/metasploit-framework/config/database.yml'
[+] Creating initial database schema
                                                                             
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$

This is potentially an issue with your local machine. Given I don't have further information to replicate this issue I'm going to go ahead and close this until such time that sufficient information can be provided to replicate this.