CVE-2026-18635: high-severity vulnerability in Rapid7 Velociraptor
Velociraptor query plugin allows impersonation in other orgs
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21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.2epss 0.5%
Velociraptor's VQL has a query() plugin which allows running a VQL query in a different org or user context. To be able to run as a different user, the calling user needs to have the IMPERSONATE permission (usually only given to administrators). Velociraptor versions prior to 0.77.2 evaluate this permission against the caller's org instead of against the target org.
This allows an administrator in one org to impersonate another user in another org, in which they may not have the IMPERSONATE permission.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Rapid7 · VelociraptorRelated CVEs — Rapid7 Velociraptor
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2025-6264MEDIUMVelociraptor priviledge escalation via UpdateConfig artifactEPSS 1.0%CVE-2023-0290MEDIUMRapid7 Velociraptor directory traversal in client ID parameter EPSS 0.8%CVE-2026-19583CRITICALVelociraptor Required Permissions bypass by using client monitoring queriesEPSS 0.6%CVE-2021-3619LOWRapid7 Velociraptor Notebooks Authenticated Persistent XSSEPSS 0.6%CVE-2025-14728MEDIUMRapid7 Velociraptor Directory Traversal VulnerabilityEPSS 0.6%CVE-2023-0242HIGHInsufficient permission check in the VQL copy() functionEPSS 0.6%