---
id: CVE-2026-19072
title: >-
  Velociraptor stores the compiled VQL in the hunt object internally to avoid
  having to recompile the artifacts for each endpoint in the hunt
summary: >-
  Velociraptor stores the compiled VQL in the hunt object internally to avoid
  having to recompile the artifacts for each endpoint in the hunt. Although the
  field "compiled_collector_args" is an internal field, Velociraptor allowed the
  fiel…
severity: critical
cvss: 9.9
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-164
  - CWE-1269
vendor: Rapid7
product: Velociraptor
affected:
  - Velociraptor < 0.77.2
published: '2026-09-24'
updated: '2026-09-24'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-24T21:00:46.893'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-19072'
references:
  - url: 'https://docs.velociraptor.app/announcements/advisories/cve-2026-19072/'
    label: cve@rapid7.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-09-24T14:42:16.509565Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-24T13:43:25.670Z'
---

## Overview

Velociraptor stores the compiled VQL in the hunt object internally to avoid having to recompile the artifacts for each endpoint in the hunt. Although the field "compiled_collector_args" is an internal field, Velociraptor allowed the field to be set from a user API call. This allows another user who can schedule a hunt (minimal role of "investigator" ) to set the compiled VQL statements for the hunt bypassing any ACL checks that would normally be applied.




This flaw can then be escalated to allow the "investigator" user to run arbitrary VQL statements as an administrator user on the Velociraptor server.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.