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CVE-2026-18972: Velociraptor authenticated identity-spoofing vulnerability
- Severity: critical (CVSS 9.6 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-290
Description
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.
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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