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CVE-2024-0394: Rapid7 Minerva Armor Privilege Escalation

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-04-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

Rapid7 Minerva Armor versions below 4.5.5 suffer from a privilege escalation vulnerability whereby an authenticated attacker can elevate privileges and execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privilege.  The vulnerability is caused by the product's implementation of OpenSSL's`OPENSSLDIR` parameter where it is set to a path accessible to low-privileged users.  The vulnerability has been remediated and fixed in version 4.5.5.

Affected products

• Rapid7 Minerva Armor: before 4.5.5 — fixed in 4.5.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Rapid7 Minerva Armor 4.5.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2024/04/03/cve-2024-0394-rapid7-minerva-armor-privilege-escalation-fixed/
• https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2024/04/03/cve-2024-0394-rapid7-minerva-armor-privilege-escalation-fixed/

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