# CVE-2024-8042: Rapid7 Insight Platform Unauthorized Empty Group Creation

> An attacker can intercept local requests to create unauthorized empty user groups, potentially assigning them to incorrect customers.

- **Severity:** Low 2.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 9 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xjcw-q83g-v2h5

## What is CVE-2024-8042?

CVE-2024-8042 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Rapid7 Insight Platform, published on 9 Sep 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

Rapid7 Insight Platform versions between November 2019 and August 14, 2024 suffer from missing authorization issues whereby an attacker can intercept local requests to set the name and description of a new user group. This could potentially lead to an empty user group being added to the incorrect customer. This vulnerability is remediated as of August 14, 2024.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8042?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Rapid7 Insight Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-8042?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8042 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-8042 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8042 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-8042 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-8042 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Rapid7 Insight Platform, published on 9 Sep 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: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8042 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Rapid7 Insight Platform. 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-2024-8042/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8042/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8042
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8042
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8042

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8042/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.