CVE-2026-18972

CRITICAL9.6

Published 2026-08-11 · Updated 2026-08-11 · Source cve@rapid7.com

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.

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

CWE-290

References

http://docs.velociraptor.app/announcements/advisories/cve-2026-18972/

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