Velociraptor Investigator reaches SuperUser via hunt EffectivePrincipal
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.
CVE-2026-19072
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-19072
Velociraptor
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
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- Prerequisites
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Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"repo": "https://github.com/Velocidex/velociraptor/",
"vendor": "Rapid7",
"product": "Velociraptor",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "0",
"lessThan": "0.77.2",
"versionType": "semver"
}
],
"defaultStatus": "unaffected"
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-19072
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/cveMetadata/cveId
Publisher severity
critical
Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics
- Event
- #1980 · Revision 1
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