Velociraptor VQL injection during notebook restore from backup
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-1336.
Summary
Velociraptor allows for the creation of notebook backups in its default enabled daily backup feature. When Velociraptor restores the backup, the notebook cell content is interpolated into a template with no ACL checks. This allows a malicious user with NOTEBOOK_EDITOR permission to plant a VQL query which will be evaluated at elevated permissions if the notebook's backup is subsequently restored.
Why it matters now
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
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-2026-15913 Velociraptor Required Permissions bypass by using client monitoring queriesPriority MEDIUM 44
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-19584
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-52wr-g3vp-7h6v
References
Patch 1
Advisory 1
More Rapid7 vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2026-19584 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-19584 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-52wr-g3vp-7h6v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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