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Critical 9.6Published Aug 11, 2026
CVE-2026-18972Velociraptor authenticated identity-spoofing vulnerability
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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.
- CVSS
- 9.6 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-290
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- rapid7
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Aug 11, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Rapid7 Velociraptor rapid7:velociraptor (from the name) | before 0.77.2 | CNA record |
References
- http://docs.velociraptor.app/announcements/advisories/cve-2026-18972/
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