What is CVE-2026-6482?

CVE-2026-6482 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rapid7 Insight Agent, classified under Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-04-17.

How severe is CVE-2026-6482?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Rapid7 Insight Agent

CVE-2026-6482

The Rapid7 Insight Agent (versions > 4.1.0.2) is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation attack that allows users to gain SYSTEM level control of a Windows host. Upon startup the agent service attempts to load an OpenSSL configuration f…

EPSS: 0.000 (0.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Rapid7 Insight Agent — versions 0
Rapid7 Insight_agent

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-829 — Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

References

cve@rapid7.com (Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-6482?: CVE-2026-6482 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rapid7 Insight Agent, classified under Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-04-17.
How severe is CVE-2026-6482?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.