Cross-organization impersonation via caller-org permission check
Published Aug 11, 2026 · Updated Aug 11, 2026
Incorrect authorization in Rapid7 Velociraptor before 0.77.2 allows remote authenticated users to impersonate users across organizations. The VQL query() plugin checks the caller's IMPERSONATE permission in the caller's organization rather than the target organization before creating a new query scope. An administrator in one organization can therefore execute queries as a user in another organization without holding IMPERSONATE there, crossing tenant authorization boundaries.
Summary
What happened
Incorrect authorization in Rapid7 Velociraptor before 0.77.2 allows remote authenticated users to impersonate users across organizations. The VQL query() plugin checks the caller's IMPERSONATE permission in the caller's organization rather than the target organization before creating a new query scope. An administrator in one organization can therefore execute queries as a user in another organization without holding IMPERSONATE there, crossing tenant authorization boundaries.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-18635
- Published
- Aug 11, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 11, 2026
- Vendor
- Rapid7
- Product
- Velociraptor
- Classifications
- CWE-863, CAPEC-122, T1134
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
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- Aug 11, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <0.77.2
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