CVE-2026-6482: RAPID7 Insight Agent

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• RAPID7 Insight Agent: before 4.1.0.2 (fixed in 4.1.0.2)

Published 2026-04-17. Last modified 2026-06-17.