CVE-2026-18972

Published: Aug 11, 2026Modified: Aug 28, 2026

9.6

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.1 / Impact: 5.8

Source: cve@rapid7.com (Secondary)

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.

Related CWEs

CWE-290

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks.

References (1)

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

Source: cve@rapid7.com

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