# CVE-2024-3185: Rapid7 Insight Agent Sensitive Key Exposed To Local Users

> Local attackers can exploit exposed API keys in logging.json to authenticate with high privileges on the Rapid7 platform.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v55p-hqx9-66gf

## What is CVE-2024-3185?

CVE-2024-3185 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rapid7 Insight Agent, published on 23 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A key used in logging.json does not follow the least privilege principle by default and is exposed to local users in the Rapid7 Platform.  This allows an attacker with local access to a machine with the logging.json file to use that key to authenticate to the platform with high privileges.  This was fixed in the Rapid7 platform starting 3 April 2024 via the introduction of a restricted role and the removal of automatic API key generation on installation of an agent.

Weakness: CWE-1284 (Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3185?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-3185?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3185 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-3185 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-3185 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-3185 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-3185 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rapid7 Insight Agent, published on 23 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-3185 exists.

Affected product: Rapid7 Insight Agent. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3185/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3185/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3185
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3185
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-3185

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3185/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.