Critical severity9.6NVD Advisory· Published Aug 11, 2026· Updated Aug 11, 2026

CVE-2026-18972

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.

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Affected products

Velocidex/Velociraptorllm-create

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

docs.velociraptor.app/announcements/advisories/cve-2026-18972/nvd

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