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title: "CVE-2026-115805: Rapid7 Insight Agent - Privilege Escalation"
description: "Rapid7 Insight Agent on Linux and macOS contains a privilege escalation caused by improper handling of local filesystem paths in inventory collection, letting authenticated local users gain elevated privileges, exploit requires existing local access."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-115805/
---

# CVE-2026-115805 Rapid7 Insight Agent - Privilege Escalation

Rapid7 Insight Agent on Linux and macOS contains a privilege escalation caused by improper handling of local filesystem paths in inventory collection, letting authenticated local users gain elevated privileges, exploit requires existing local access.

CVSS base score 7.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.17% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115805)

## Details

Type

Privilege Escalation

Impact

Privilege Escalation

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

29 October 2026

Updated

31 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-78](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version of Rapid7 Insight Agent.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115805](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115805)
- [https://docs.rapid7.com/insight/release-notes-2026-october/#rapid7-agent-insight-agent](https://docs.rapid7.com/insight/release-notes-2026-october/#rapid7-agent-insight-agent)

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## What this record can't tell you

- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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