Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 11, 2026· Updated Aug 28, 2026

CVE-2026-18638

Description

Any authenticated Velociraptor user — including one holding only the readerrole — can terminate the entire server process with a single request, by calling SetPassword with a username that does not exist.

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Affected products

Velocidex/Velociraptorllm-create
osv-coords
pkg:rpm/opensuse/velociraptor&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
Range: < 0.76.7.0.git145.b60ef1146-1.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

docs.velociraptor.app/announcements/advisories/cve-2026-18638/nvd

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