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CVE-2026-6482VulnerabilityPublished

CVE-2026-6482: Rapid7 Insight Agent · Untrusted Functionality Inclusion

Affects Rapid7 Insight AgentSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.5 High : upgrade to 4.1.0.2 soon.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 08:11 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
8.5High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 7% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 4.1.0.2
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L/E:P

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 17 Apr 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.

What to do

Upgrade Rapid7 Insight Agent to 4.1.0.2.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Rapid7Insight AgentAffected
  • <4.1.0.2
Fixed in
  • 4.1.0.2

AI-suggested

If you cannot patch yet, restrict write permissions to the directory path where the OpenSSL configuration file is loaded, if possible, to prevent unprivileged users from planting malicious files.

Description

The Rapid7 Insight Agent (versions > 4.1.0.2) is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation attack that allows users to gain SYSTEM level control of a Windows host. Upon startup the agent service attempts to load an OpenSSL configuration file from a non-existent directory that is writable by standard users. By planting a crafted openssl.cnf file an attacker can trick the high-privilege service into executing arbitrary commands. This effectively permits an unprivileged user to bypass security controls and achieve a full host compromise under the agent’s SYSTEM level access.

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