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This effectively permits an unprivileged user to bypass security controls and achieve a full host compromise under the agent’s SYSTEM level access.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":8.5,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L/E:P","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.0018,"percentile":0.07573,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-829"],"published":"2026-04-17T05:19:20Z","modified":"2026-10-26T21:10:00Z","products":[{"vendor":"rapid7","product":"insight agent"},{"vendor":"rapid7","product":"insight_agent"}],"references":[{"url":"https://docs.rapid7.com/insight/release-notes-2026-april/#improvements-and-fixes","tags":["Release Notes"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6482"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6rgm-mxx7-qxmc"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-6482","title":"Local Privilege Escalation via OpenSSL configuration file in Insight Agent","description":"The Rapid7 Insight Agent (versions \u003e 4.1.0.2) is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation attack that allows users to gain SYSTEM level control of a Windows host. 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