# CVE-2026-7573: GetUserRoles API endpoint allows any authenticated user to enumerate ACL policies across all organizations

> An authenticated low-privilege user can enumerate ACL policies for all users across all organizations via the GetUserRoles API.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 6 May 2026
- **Updated:** 6 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3c93-g9g6-p5j4, GO-2026-5078

## What is CVE-2026-7573?

CVE-2026-7573 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Velocidex velociraptor, published on 6 May 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An authorization bypass (CWE-639) in the GetUserRoles gRPC API endpoint in Velocidex Velociraptor below version 0.76.5 allows any authenticated low-privilege user to retrieve the complete ACL policy (roles and permissions) for any user across all organizations by supplying targeted Name and Org parameters via a network request.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-7573?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including www.velocidex.com/golang/velociraptor. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `www.velocidex.com/golang/velociraptor` | Go | All versions | None |
| `www.velocidex.com/golang/velociraptor` | Go | All versions | 0.76.5 |
| `www.velocidex.com/golang/velociraptor` | Go | All versions | 0.76.5 |

Products: Rapid7 Velociraptor.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-7573?

Upgrade www.velocidex.com/golang/velociraptor to 0.76.5 or later.

## Is CVE-2026-7573 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-7573 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Velocidex velociraptor

- [CVE-2023-0242](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0242/): Insufficient permission check in the VQL copy() function (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-5950](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5950/): Rapid7 Velociraptor Reflected XSS (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2026-5329](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-5329/): Rapid7 Velociraptor Improper Input Validation in Client Message Handler (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2026-6290](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-6290/): Velociraptor Query() Plugin Misapplies Permissions To Orgs (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2025-14728](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14728/): Rapid7 Velociraptor Directory Traversal Vulnerability (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-7573 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-7573 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Velocidex velociraptor, published on 6 May 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-7573 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- www.velocidex.com/golang/velociraptor (Go): affected all versions; no fix listed
- www.velocidex.com/golang/velociraptor (Go): affected all versions; fixed in 0.76.5
- www.velocidex.com/golang/velociraptor (Go): affected all versions; fixed in 0.76.5

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-7573/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-7573/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-7573
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7573
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-7573

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.