What is GHSA-62g2-q3w2-xf47?

GHSA-62g2-q3w2-xf47 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Critical severity. An authenticated attacker can spoof another GUI user's identity by sending their request with the...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-62g2-q3w2-xf47 cover?

GHSA-62g2-q3w2-xf47 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-18972. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-62g2-q3w2-xf47?

GHSA-62g2-q3w2-xf47 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.6, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-62g2-q3w2-xf47CriticalCVSS 9.6

An authenticated attacker can spoof another GUI user's identity by sending their request with the...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 11, 2026

Last Modified

August 11, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-18972 →

📋 Description

An authenticated attacker can spoof another GUI user's identity by sending their request with the custom header "Grpc-Metadata-USER". This can lead to an account takeover attack from a user with low privileges to administrator.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18972
http://docs.velociraptor.app/announcements/advisories/cve-2026-18972
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-62g2-q3w2-xf47