🛡️ CVE-2026-8662 — insightconnect-compression

🟢 CVSS 3.3 — Low ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-22 NVD
3.3
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Path Traversal vulnerability in the create_archive function of Rapid7 InsightConnect Compression Plugin on Linux allows authenticated attackers to write to unintended file paths via crafted filename input. The impact is limited to file corruption as content cannot be controlled by the attacker.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability low.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-8662 is classified as CWE-22: Path Traversal. A file path built from user input is not confined to the intended directory, letting an attacker reach files elsewhere on the filesystem.

Affected software

CVE-2026-8662 is recorded against 1 package.

  • insightconnect-compression (fixed in 2.0.3)

Timeline and source

Published on 25 June 2026 and last revised on 29 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

extensions.rapid7.com

Details

Severity LOW
CVSS Score 3.3
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CWE CWE-22
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-06-25
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-29
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
insightconnect-compression — 2.0.3

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