CVE-2024-3185

Platform privilege escalation via exposed API key

Published Apr 23, 2024 · Updated Aug 1, 2024

Sensitive-key exposure in Rapid7 Insight Agent through 3 April 2024 allows local users to authenticate to the Rapid7 Platform with high privileges. Agent installation automatically generated an overprivileged API key in logging.json, while default file access exposed that credential to local users. Exploitation requires local access to logging.json; the stolen key then authenticates to APIs beyond log ingestion, including user management.

CVSS severity6.8
Medium
EPSS probability0.17%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Sensitive-key exposure in Rapid7 Insight Agent through 3 April 2024 allows local users to authenticate to the Rapid7 Platform with high privileges. Agent installation automatically generated an overprivileged API key in logging.json, while default file access exposed that credential to local users. Exploitation requires local access to logging.json; the stolen key then authenticates to APIs beyond log ingestion, including user management.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-3185
Published
Apr 23, 2024
Updated
Aug 1, 2024
Vendor
Rapid7
Product
InsightVM
Classifications
CWE-1284
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Apr 23, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 1, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=- <6.6.245

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Rapid7 · InsightVMversion=- <6.6.245
Rapid7 · Insight Agentversion=0 <=2024-04-03T12:00:00:000Z

Published CVSS scores

6.8Rapid7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
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Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-1284Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input

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