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.

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If you have a proxy in front of the Velociraptor GUI server, you can block the \"Grpc-Metadata-USER\" header.

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Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:45:00 +0000

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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.
Title Velociraptor authenticated identity-spoofing vulnerability
First Time appeared Rapid7
Rapid7 velociraptor
Weaknesses CWE-290
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:velociraptor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Rapid7
Rapid7 velociraptor
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: rapid7

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-11T13:51:00.275Z

Reserved: 2026-08-05T16:09:39.892Z

Link: CVE-2026-18972

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-11T13:50:56.518Z

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