CVE-2024-8042: Rapid7 Insight Platform Unauthorized Empty Group Creation

Severity: low (CVSS 3.1 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: 2024-09-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

Rapid7 Insight Platform versions between November 2019 and August 14, 2024 suffer from missing authorization issues whereby an attacker can intercept local requests to set the name and description of a new user group. This could potentially lead to an empty user group being added to the incorrect customer. This vulnerability is remediated as of August 14, 2024.

Affected products

Rapid7 Insight Platform: from 2019-11-01 before 2024-08-14 — fixed in 2024-08-14

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Rapid7 Insight Platform 2024-08-14. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html

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