Velociraptor allows collection of VQL queries packaged into Artifacts from endpoints. These artifacts can be used to do anything and usually run with elevated permissions. To limit access to some dangerous artifact, Velociraptor allows for those to require high permissions like EXECVE to launch.

The `Windows.Sysinternals.SysmonLogForward` is a monitoring artifact used to forward sysmon events to the server. The artifact allows the user to specify an arbitrary binary path as a parameter, and did not enforce an additional required permission, allowing users with COLLECT_CLIENT permissions (normally given by the "Investigator" role) to collect it from endpoints and run a different binary program than the installed sysmon binary.
To successfully exploit this vulnerability the user must already have access to collect artifacts from the endpoint (i.e. have the COLLECT_CLIENT given typically by the "Investigator" role).
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description Velociraptor allows collection of VQL queries packaged into Artifacts from endpoints. These artifacts can be used to do anything and usually run with elevated permissions. To limit access to some dangerous artifact, Velociraptor allows for those to require high permissions like EXECVE to launch. The `Windows.Sysinternals.SysmonLogForward` is a monitoring artifact used to forward sysmon events to the server. The artifact allows the user to specify an arbitrary binary path as a parameter, and did not enforce an additional required permission, allowing users with COLLECT_CLIENT permissions (normally given by the "Investigator" role) to collect it from endpoints and run a different binary program than the installed sysmon binary. To successfully exploit this vulnerability the user must already have access to collect artifacts from the endpoint (i.e. have the COLLECT_CLIENT given typically by the "Investigator" role).
Title Velociraptor privilege escalation via SysmonLogForward client monitoring artifact
First Time appeared Rapid7
Rapid7 velociraptor
Weaknesses CWE-276
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:velociraptor:*:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Rapid7
Rapid7 velociraptor
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: rapid7

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-05T19:07:47.590Z

Reserved: 2026-08-24T14:44:51.844Z

Link: CVE-2026-78413

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-05T19:07:43.717Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-05T18:17:37.383

Modified: 2026-10-05T20:17:27.143

Link: CVE-2026-78413

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-05T20:30:22Z

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