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TI-2026-15591 Aliases CVE-2026-19072GHSA-5856-3m26-mvm4

Velociraptor Investigator reaches SuperUser via hunt EffectivePrincipal

Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-1269Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Velociraptor stores the compiled VQL in the hunt object internally to avoid having to recompile the artifacts for each endpoint in the hunt. Although the field "compiled_collector_args" is an internal field, Velociraptor allowed the field to be set from a user API call. This allows another user who can schedule a hunt (minimal role of "investigator" ) to set the compiled VQL statements for the hunt bypassing any ACL checks that would normally be applied. This flaw can then be escalated to allow the "investigator" user to run arbitrary VQL statements as an administrator user on the Velociraptor server.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00398 34th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Velociraptor (Rapid7): 0.77.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Rapid7Velociraptorbefore 0.77.20.77.2Patch availableCNA
  • Velociraptor VendorRapid7 Affected before 0.77.2 Fixed in 0.77.2 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:velociraptor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Rapid7
  • cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:velociraptor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Rapid7

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Velociraptor (Rapid7) Fixed in 0.77.2

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Rapid7 Velociraptor 0.77.2

    2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 1 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-54186 Velociraptor Authenticated Denial of ServicePriority LOW 28
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-19072
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5856-3m26-mvm4

References

Other 1

  • TI-2023-01233 Rapid7 InsightCloudSec resource.db() method access CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-01231 Rapid7 InsightCloudSec getattr() method access CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-01232 Rapid7 InsightCloudSec box object access CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2024-00358 Rapid7 Minerva Armor Privilege Escalation CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2024-02985 Rapid7 Insight Agent Sensitive Key Exposed To Local Users CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2019-04008 Rapid7 Metasploit HTTP Handler Denial of Service CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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