Rapid7 Insight Agent up to 3.3.0 on Windows Certificate …/bootstrap/common/ssl permission assignment

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Rapid7 Insight Agent on Windows. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file …/bootstrap/common/ssl of the component Certificate Handler. The manipulation results in permission assignment. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-4482. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Rapid7 Insight Agent on Windows. Affected is some unknown processing of the file …/bootstrap/common/ssl of the component Certificate Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission assignment vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-732. The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The installer certificate files in the …/bootstrap/common/ssl folder do not seem to have restricted permissions on Windows systems (users have read and execute access). For the client.key file in particular, this could potentially lead to exploits, as this exposes agent identity material to any locally authenticated standard user.

The advisory is shared for download at docs.rapid7.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-4482 since 03/20/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 4.1.0.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permission assignment
CWE: CWE-732 / CWE-275 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Insight Agent 4.1.0.2

Timelineinfo

03/20/2026 CVE reserved
04/10/2026 +20 days Advisory disclosed
04/10/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
04/10/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: docs.rapid7.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-4482 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-4482
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-356796

Entryinfo

Created: 04/10/2026 07:00
Changes: 04/10/2026 07:00 (68)
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Cache ID: 216:5DE:103

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