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CVE-2026-18640: Velociraptor directory traversal via the NewNotebook API
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-08-11 · updated 2026-10-23
- Weakness: CWE-22
Description
The NewNotebook API does not sufficiently sanitize its parameters allowing an authenticated user with NOTEBOOK_EDIT permission to write the notebook record outside the org's data store directory. The file written must have an extension of ".json.db" but can otherwise overwrite other metadata files (such as ACL records, hunts etc). This can corrupt these files and cause data corruption.
Affected products
- Rapid7 Velociraptor: before 0.77.2 — fixed in 0.77.2
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Rapid7 Velociraptor 0.77.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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