CVE-2026-19583
CriticalCVSS 9.9Summary
Velociraptor allows some sensitive artifacts to be gated by additional permissions, e.g. Linux.Sys.BashShell requires EXECVE. However, no such check was implemented for client monitoring artifacts, and there was no requirement that they carry the CLIENT_EVENTS type. This allows any user who can schedule client monitoring artifacts to also schedule otherwise restricted artifacts.
Risk Assessment
A user with permission to schedule client monitoring artifacts can bypass restrictions and execute arbitrary commands on endpoints. This leads to privilege escalation and potential full compromise of managed hosts.
Recommendation
Restrict permission to schedule client monitoring artifacts to trusted administrators only and update Velociraptor to a patched version. Verify who holds permissions to create client monitoring artifacts.
Other vulnerabilities in Velociraptor
See all- CVE-2026-19584High
Velociraptor creates notebook backups in its default enabled daily backup feature. When Velociraptor restores the backup, the notebook cell content is interpolated into a template with no ACL checks. This allows a malicious user with NOTEBOOK_EDITOR permission to plant a VQL query that will be evaluated at elevated permissions if the notebook's backup is subsequently restored.
- CVE-2026-19200High
The Velociraptor verify() VQL function allows a user to verify an artifact for syntactic and other issues. Due to an implementation fault, the global artifact repository is used, allowing callers to overwrite existing artifacts without the required permissions. The attacker only needs NOTEBOOK_EDIT permission (e.g., an analyst role) to call this function.
- CVE-2026-15371High
Velociraptor's web GUI allows specifying a custom type for columns in tables. The URL type takes the cell value and forms a URL which can be clicked in the GUI. The code does not limit the schemes allowed in this URL, allowing an attacker to specify a JavaScript scheme exposing the user to XSS.
- CVE-2026-64955Medium
Velociraptor fails to sanitize data when exporting to CSV, which can lead to formula execution by Microsoft Excel during import. Cells starting with certain characters are treated as formulas, allowing arbitrary code execution.
- CVE-2026-64952Medium
The hunt_delete() VQL function in Velociraptor allows deleting hunts. Velociraptor misapplied the permission check, requiring only COLLECT_CLIENT (usually assigned to the 'investigator' role) instead of the DELETE_RESULTS permission (usually only assigned to administrators).
- CVE-2026-64951Low
A rogue Velociraptor client can upload a malformed sparse file that causes a panic when the GUI attempts to expand it, potentially crashing the server process. The issue is a Divide by Zero bug in the ShouldPadFile() function.
- CVE-2026-18652Medium
Velociraptor allows reading Stacked result sets from the GUI due to incorrect path validation against the prefix deny list. A user with read access to the root org can access result sets from child orgs.
- CVE-2026-64954High
Velociraptor allows scheduling new collections via VQL queries in notebooks. The COLLECT_CLIENT permission is required, but it is not enforced when the user can run a VQL query that resets the authorization provider. A user with the analyst role can launch new collections, which usually require the investigator role, leading to privilege escalation.
- CVE-2026-18640High
The NewNotebook API does not sufficiently sanitize its parameters, allowing an authenticated user with NOTEBOOK_EDIT permission to write the notebook record outside the org's data store directory. The file written must have an extension of ".json.db" but can overwrite other metadata files, causing data corruption.
- CVE-2026-18639High
When Velociraptor is configured to use an OIDC IdP for authentication, it uses the email claim as a username. However, some IdPs allow users to change the email claim without verification, and some do not set the "email_verified" claim. This allows a user to impersonate another user by setting their email address within the IdP, enabling account takeover.
Original NVD description (English source)
Velociraptor allows some sensitive artifacts to be gated by additional permissions. For example, the Linux.Sys.BashShell artifact allows arbitrary command execution on endpoints, and so it requires the EXECVE permission to schedule. However, no such check was implemented for client monitoring artifacts. Additionally there was no requirement that client monitoring artifacts carry the CLIENT_EVENTS type. This allows any user who can schedule client monitoring artifacts to also schedule otherwise restricted artifacts (such as Linux.Sys.BashShell).

