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Vulnerability record · CVE-2023-2273 · published 26 April 2023

CVE-2023-2273: Rapid7 insight agent path traversal vulnerability

Rapid7 · Insight Agent

Rapid7 Insight Agent token handler versions 3.2.6 and below, suffer from a Directory Traversal vulnerability whereby unsanitized input from a CLI argument flows into io.ioutil.WriteFile, where it is used as a path. This can result in a Path Traversal vulnerability and allow an attacker to write arbitrary files. This issue is remediated in version 3.3.0 via safe guards that reject inputs that attempt to do path traversal.

7.5 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.72% · top 47.9% CWE-22 · Path traversal
7.5CVSS 3.1 base score
0.72%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Rapid7 Insight Agent token handler versions 3.2.6 and below, suffer from a Directory Traversal vulnerability whereby unsanitized input from a CLI argument flows into io.ioutil.WriteFile, where it is used as a path. This can result in a Path Traversal vulnerability and allow an attacker to write arbitrary files. This issue is remediated in version 3.3.0 via safe guards that reject inputs that attempt to do path traversal.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://docs.rapid7.com/release-notes/insightagent/20230425/ Release Notes
https://docs.rapid7.com/release-notes/insightagent/20230425/ Release Notes

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2023-2273), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.