{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-18635 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-18635 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2026-18635 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Rapid7 Velociraptor, published on 11 Aug 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-18635 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-18635 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Rapid7 Velociraptor, published on 11 Aug 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-18635 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Rapid7 Velociraptor. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-18635/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-18635/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-18635","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-18635/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-18635","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-5h5v-cxvm-wgr3"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","account_takeover"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Velociraptor DFIR server","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"Administrators in one organization can impersonate users in other organizations due to incorrect permission checks, enabling unauthorized access and privilege escalation.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"auth_bypass"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"rapid7","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":7.2,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-863","name":"Incorrect Authorization"}],"description":"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.\n\nThis allows an administrator in one org to impersonate another user in another org, in which they may not have the IMPERSONATE permission.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":false,"headline":"Velociraptor query plugin allows impersonation in other orgs","id":"CVE-2026-18635","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"auth_bypass","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Velociraptor VFSGetBuffer API path deny list bypass","id":"CVE-2026-18636"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Deserialization in GMS","id":"CVE-2026-18634"},"products":["Velociraptor"],"published":"2026-08-11","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-08-12","vendors":["Rapid7"]},"summary":"Administrators in one organization can impersonate users in other organizations due to incorrect permission checks, enabling unauthorized access and privilege escalation.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-18635/"}