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Rapid7CVE-2026-18972

Rapid7 Velociraptor: authentication bypass by spoofing

Critical9.6CVE-2026-18972 · Published Aug 11, 2026 · updated Aug 28, 2026

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.

Rapid7 advisory

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
Velociraptor
Product
< 0.77.20.77.2
Details and references
CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Severity from
the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
Weakness
CWE-290

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