Vulnerability Intelligence Report
Velociraptor authenticated identity-spoofing vulnerability
CVE-2026-18972
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.
No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
9.6
CRITICAL
Exploitability:3.2
Impact Score:5.8
Executive Threat Verdict
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Attack Surface
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Authentication
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-290 ↗CWE-290 Authentication bypass by spoofing
Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Rapid7 | Velociraptor | 0 < 0.77.2 (affected) |
References & Technical Advisories
No reference links found.
Threat Intelligence Signals
GitHub Advisory
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | Rapid7, Inc. · Vendor · USA |
| Reserved | 2026-08-05T16:09:39 |
| Published | 2026-08-11T12:30:52 |
| Last Updated | 2026-08-11T13:51:00 |
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