CVE-2026-18972 (GCVE-0-2026-18972)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-11 12:30 – Updated: 2026-08-11 13:51
VLAI
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)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
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
rapid7 CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 76/100 over 78 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Rapid7 Velociraptor Affected: 0 , < 0.77.2 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:velociraptor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Yuval Miller Leon Kayaliev
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