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CVE-2026-19072: Velociraptor Investigator reaches SuperUser via hunt EffectivePrincipal
- Severity: critical (CVSS 9.9 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: 2026-09-24 · updated 2026-09-25
- Weakness: CWE-164
Description
Velociraptor stores the compiled VQL in the hunt object internally to avoid having to recompile the artifacts for each endpoint in the hunt. Although the field "compiled_collector_args" is an internal field, Velociraptor allowed the field to be set from a user API call. This allows another user who can schedule a hunt (minimal role of "investigator" ) to set the compiled VQL statements for the hunt bypassing any ACL checks that would normally be applied. This flaw can then be escalated to allow the "investigator" user to run arbitrary VQL statements as an administrator user on the Velociraptor server.
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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