CVE-2026-18972
Velociraptor authenticated identity-spoofing vulnerability
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.6 Critical
- Published
- Aug 11, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 11, 2026
- Reserved
- Aug 5, 2026
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 9.6 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N | rapid7 |
Weaknesses
- CWE-290 Authentication bypass by spoofing
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
VelociraptorRapid7 |
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References
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