CVE-2026-18972 (GCVE-0-2026-18972)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-11 12:30 – Updated: 2026-08-11 13:51
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Velociraptor authenticated identity-spoofing vulnerability
Summary
An authenticated attacker can spoof another GUI user's identity by sending their request with the custom header \"Grpc-Metadata-USER\". This can lead to an account takeover attack from a user with low privileges to administrator.
Severity
9.6 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-11 13:48 UTC
CWE
- CWE-290 - Authentication bypass by spoofing
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapid7 | Velociraptor |
Affected:
0 , < 0.77.2
(semver)
cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:velociraptor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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