Rapid7 Insight Agent Improper Access Control

published 2022-01-21 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-33921

cvss: 4.0; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 12%
public exploits: 0; none known

Rapid7 Insight Agent, versions prior to 3.1.3, suffer from an improper access control vulnerability whereby, the user has access to the snapshot directory. An attacker can access, read and copy any of the files in this directory e.g. asset_info.json or file_info.json, leading to a loss of confidentiality. This issue was fixed in Rapid7 Insight Agent 3.1.3.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

rapid7 insight_agent 3.1.3

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Exploit prediction

0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	3.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	2.1	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Rapid7 Insight Agent

Classification

Weakness

CWE-284 Improper Access Control

References

docs.rapid7.com /release-notes/insightagent/20220119/
release-notes, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-4016
NVD CVE-2021-4016

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