CVE-2024-8042

Cross-customer empty group creation via unchecked requests

Published Sep 9, 2024 · Updated Sep 9, 2024

Missing authorization in Rapid7 Insight Platform before August 14, 2024 allows attackers to create an empty group in another customer. The group-creation flow accepts intercepted local requests that set a new group's name and description without confirming authorization for the destination customer. Exploitation requires adjacent access, high privileges, and user interaction; the bounded result is an unauthorized empty group in the wrong customer.

CVSS severity2.4
Low
EPSS probability0.18%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Missing authorization in Rapid7 Insight Platform before August 14, 2024 allows attackers to create an empty group in another customer. The group-creation flow accepts intercepted local requests that set a new group's name and description without confirming authorization for the destination customer. Exploitation requires adjacent access, high privileges, and user interaction; the bounded result is an unauthorized empty group in the wrong customer.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-8042
Published
Sep 9, 2024
Updated
Sep 9, 2024
Vendor
Rapid7
Product
Insight Platform
Classifications
CWE-862, T1565.002
Attack vector
adjacent
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 9, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 9, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=11/2019 <08/14/2024

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectoradjacent
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

Rapid7 · Insight Platformversion=11/2019 <08/14/2024

Published CVSS scores

2.4Rapid7, Inc.CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
3.1NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectoradjacent
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-862Missing Authorization
T1565.002Transmitted Data Manipulation

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