Paper/Archive/CVE-2026-19072

CVE-2026-19072

Rapid7 Velociraptor — Velociraptor Investigator reaches SuperUser via hunt EffectivePrincipal

Description · from the CVE record

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.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
Velociraptor< 0.77.20.77.2CNA

Scores by source

rapid7 (CNA)9.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

References

refdocs.velociraptor.app/announcements/advisories/cve-2026-19072