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TI-2022-00173 Aliases CVE-2022-0237GHSA-7c4x-gmcj-f3mw

Rapid7 Insight Agent Privilege Escalation

Priority LOW 35CWE-264Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass, Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264 and CWE-428.

Summary

Rapid7 Insight Agent versions 3.1.2.38 and earlier suffer from a privilege escalation vulnerability, whereby an attacker can hijack the flow of execution due to an unquoted argument to the runas.exe command used by the ir_agent.exe component, resulting in elevated rights and persistent access to the machine. This issue was fixed in Rapid7 Insight Agent version 3.1.3.80.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00484 41st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Rapid7Insight Agent3.1.2.38 – 3.1.2.38—No fix listedCNA
  • Insight Agent VendorRapid7 Affected 3.1.2.38 – 3.1.2.38 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:insight_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 3.1.2.38VulnerableRapid7
  • cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:insight_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 3.1.2.38 Vulnerable ·Rapid7

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-0237
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7c4x-gmcj-f3mw

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

  • TI-2023-02132 Rapid7 Insight Agent Directory Traversal CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-05680 Local Privilege Escalation via OpenSSL configuration file in Insight Agent CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
  • TI-2019-03993 Uncontrolled search path in Rapid7 Insight Agent CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2026-04220 Eval Injection in Rapid7 Insight Agent CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2021-02901 Rapid7 Insight Agent Privilege Escalation CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2026-03892 Insight Agent Private Key Information Disclosure via Inherited File Permissions CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.8
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Sources

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