CVE-2024-3185
Rapid7 Insight Agent Sensitive Key Exposed To Local Users
A key used in logging.json does not follow the least privilege principle by default and is exposed to local users in the Rapid7 Platform. This allows an attacker with local access to a machine with the logging.json file to use that key to authenticate to the platform with high privileges. This was fixed in the Rapid7 platform starting 3 April 2024 via the introduction of a restricted role and the removal of automatic API key generation on installation of an agent.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Rapid7 Insight Agent Sensitive Key Exposed To Local Users
A key used in logging.json does not follow the least privilege principle by default and is exposed to local users in the Rapid7 Platform. This allows an attacker with local access to a machine with the logging.json file to use that key to authenticate to the platform with high privileges. This was fixed in the Rapid7 platform starting 3 April 2024 via the introduction of a restricted role and the removal of automatic API key generation on installation of an agent.
- Record
CVE-2024-3185- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-1284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-31777
A key used in logging.json does not follow the least privilege principle by default and is exposed to local users in the Rapid7 Platform. This allows an attacker with local access to a machine with the logging.json file to use that key to authenticate to the platform with high privileges. This was fixed in the Rapid7 platform starting 3 April 2024 via the introduction of a restricted role and the removal of automatic API key generation on installation of an agent.
- Record
EUVD-2024-31777- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v55p-hqx9-66gf
A key used in logging.json does not follow the least privilege principle by default and is...
A key used in logging.json does not follow the least privilege principle by default and is exposed to local users in the Rapid7 Platform. This allows an attacker with local access to a machine with the logging.json file to use that key to authenticate to the platform with high privileges. This was fixed in the Rapid7 platform starting 3 April 2024 via the introduction of a restricted role and the removal of automatic API key generation on installation of an agent.
- Record
GHSA-v55p-hqx9-66gf- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-1284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A key used in logging.json does not follow the least privilege principle by default and is exposed to local users in the Rapid7 Platform. This allows an attacker with local access to a machine with the logging.json file to use that key to authenticate to the platform with high privileges. This was fixed in the Rapid7 platform starting 3 April 2024 via the introduction of a restricted role and the removal of automatic API key generation on installation of an agent.
- Record
CVE-2024-3185- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-1284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-3185 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Rapid7 Insight Agent, published April 23, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.17%, the 6th percentile. No source names a fixed version.